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From: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo L. Schwab)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga in cinema (again)
Summary: I may be a moron.  Remind me never to get into politics.
Message-ID: <7088@well.UUCP>
Date: 12 Sep 88 11:45:28 GMT
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Reply-To: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab)
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In article <8957@cup.portal.com> Doug_B_Erdely@cup.portal.com writes:
>Leo, I am shocked that this kind of posting would come from you!!

	In retrospect, my inflammatory tone and use of unconfirmed Nth-hand
rumors was no doubt uncalled for.

> One interesting quote that I heard from Dale Luck I THINK it was....
>" we can all make fun of Commodore, but when the do have the money, they have
>shown marked tendencies to spend it very wisely" or words to that effect! :> :>

	Never heard that one before.  I like it.

> I have been on the Amiga band wagon since THE start, and I can say that there
>has been MUCH improvment, more so the last year. I do think that Commodore is
>starting to understand, just HOW important the Amiga really is!! Leo, if your
>going to post negatives, how about some of the GOOD things that have happend!

	You are quite correct that, now that Commodore is doing well, they
have done many good things:

	o Amiga 500 Test Flight was, and still is, a great idea.  I don't
	  know of any other company that's done this.

	o "Amiga 2000: The New Art of The Possible" is a fine piece of work.
	  Even better than Test Flight (to me).  (While I can sympathize
	  with Eric Daniels' position, I did find it rather odd that he was
	  as upset as he seemed to be about it.  Perhaps we have different
	  attitudes toward having our work used commercially.)

	o They are starting to advertise, apparently profusely, in trade and
	  niche magazines, where the Amiga will no doubt make its greatest
	  impact.

	o They now seem to be regularly attending Amiga shows.  They were
	  at Chicago AmiExpo; I hope they show up at L.A., too.  They also
	  attend profoundly important shows, like SIGGRAPH and NCGA.

	o They continue to improve the OS.  I just looked over the 1.3 DOS
	  command specs for the first time (believe it or not), and am
	  pleased.

	o They hired Bryce Nesbitt.

	And probably a whole bunch of other things that I can't remember at
four in the morning.

> [ ... ] I am surprised at Leo getting upset by hearsay!!
>
	The more I think about this, the more I'm inclined to believe that I
was vastly out of line.  One well-known AmiGuy counter-flamed me quite
eloquently (I thought).  But it seems so *frustrating* at times.  Is this
sort of phenomonon common?  Are the Apple-][gs/Sinclair-QL/Archimedes
owners as depressed as we sometimes are?

	Upon hearing that the TNG deal fell through, my heart sank, and I
was convinced that someone screwed up.  Obviously, no one "screwed up".
Paramount made the choice they felt was best for them.  But emotion blinded
me just long enough to launch into an unnecessary flame.

	I won't say that Commodore hasn't made mistakes, and I won't say
that they won't make more of them.  However, now that they are back on their
feet, the mistakes will, I strongly hope, be much less important and less
frequent.  And, no, I'm not changing my tune.  I'm still upset that we are
not "getting the fair shake" I feel we deserve.  But the time has probably
come for me to stop pointing fingers and get on with doing useful things.

	I *am* trying to mature, honest.  My apologies to those who were
taken aback.  And now, if you'll excuse me, I'll go back and work on useful
things to help make the world a slightly better place.

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