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From: baer@percival.UUCP (Ken Baer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: News from EA
Message-ID: <1221@percival.UUCP>
Date: 25 Apr 88 02:11:10 GMT
References: <5749@well.UUCP>
Reply-To: baer@percival.UUCP (Ken Baer)
Organization: Funkytown Software International
Lines: 46
Keywords: Electronic, Arts, Deluxe, News, aspartame
Summary: WARNING, Smokescreen!

In article <5749@well.UUCP> ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) writes:
>[ Sleep well, Mr. Hartford...   MWAH-HAHAHAHAHAAA!! ]
>
>	The following two items appeared in an Electronic Arts publication
>called "Deluxe News"
>
>Copy Protection Removed From All Deluxe Creativity Series Products
>------------------------------------------------------------------

'Bout Bloody Time too!  But it sounds like their games will all still 
be GRONK-ware.  

> beginning April 1, 1988

I like their choice of dates :-).

>Let's Face It...
>----------------
>		-- Editorial by Trip Hawkins, President, Electronic Arts
>
>	...The truth is that Commodore hasn't built or sold as many Amigas as
>we had all originally hoped.  I suppose that it's this fact, combined with
>EA's early commitment to Amiga, that's causing the cynics and naysayers to
>keep predicting that EA will pull the plug and stop supporting the Amiga.
>
>	Well, once again the cynics will be disappointed and have to go
>prey on someone else.  Although Electronic Arts already distributes 53
>programs for the Amiga, there are still more to come, proving that our
>enthusiasm for Amiga technology remains undiminished.

I think this portion was meant to be accompanied by the above date.  I have
it from some very reliable sources that EA is indeed slowly pulling out of
the Amiga world.  In fact, the general mood around EA is very negative
towards the Amiga, and is instead Mac-happy.  I am looking forward to seeing
Deluxe PhotoLab.  And luckily, if EA does pull out of supporting the Amiga,
many other software houses are ready to fill the gap.

[my reliable sources are on the net, maybe they could elaborate, hint, hint]


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