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From: sdl@linus.UUCP (Steven D. Litvintchouk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Why are you selling your Amiga??
Message-ID: <27010@linus.UUCP>
Date: 15 Mar 88 23:06:28 GMT
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Organization: The MITRE Corp., Bedford, MA
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> But we still don't have bug free WP systems as good as MacWrite.
> As for DPaint fuck color (yes I said it) fuck color.  I want
> something I can write nice B&W reports with.  And this isn't it.

As I see it, the big problem the Amiga had was that Textcraft, its
Commodore-supplied word processor, was frankly terrible.  The first
couple of software products for the Amiga didn't show off the Amiga's
power:  Textcraft didn't multitask, and didn't import graphic files.
(Commodore should have produced a simple version of Aegis Animator or
Deluxe Video to show off the Amiga's animation capabilities.)
But the new products are a great improvement in this area.

Example: I just got my ProWrite upgrade (version 2.0) and it looks
pretty good.  8 color WYSIWYG, new printer drivers; looks great, does
what I want.  (I may post a review if anyone cares.)

I'm convinced that the Mac would have remained a curiosity if Apple
hadn't integrated it with the Laserwriter and Postscript.  But I won't
contribute to the incipient Mac vs. Amiga flaming wars by stating
whether the Mac would have deserved this fate.

As for whether the Mac is a great success and the Amiga is an
incipient failure, consider this: I've heard that after 4 years of
trying (count 2 more if you want to include the Lisa), Apple has
managed to sell 1 million Macs.  Approximately 600,000 Amigas have
been sold since late 1985.  This compares with 10-15 million IBM PC's
and clones.


Steven Litvintchouk
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