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From: urjlew@ecsvax.UUCP (Rostyk Lewyckyj)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Jerry declares the 2000 as 'the most improved computer'
Summary: I remember some C= tub thumping
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Date: 12 Mar 89 02:28:51 GMT
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In article <3606@amiga.UUCP>, jimm@amiga.UUCP (Jim Mackraz) writes:
$ 
$ Also, making it clear that the target audience of the system was the
$ office user rather than the home user might help encourage a major developer
$ to have a wack at it.  Our current DTP is probably about as good as the
$ first releases of Mac DTP was.  That is to say, it takes time, people, 
$ experience, and money to do the hard stuff right.  Release 1 of someone's
$ first DTP program is like using release 1 of a compiler (or an OS, for that
$ matter): not too satisfying.
$ 
$ The VP of CBM Marketing, as well as Max Toy, president CBM, said that
$ the business market will not be attacked in a general way in a "shotgun" approach,
$ rather, some (unspecified) "pinpoint" niches will be attacked.  That means
$ no focus on DTP by the vendor, as I read it.  Of course, that VP is gone now ...
$ 
$ In summary, I think DTP, like most other areas, is something that the
$ vendor must target and develop a strategy for, including the technical
$ pieces such as a suitable text processing model, and it hasn't happened.
$  
$    Note the disclaimers well!
$   
$ Opinions are my own.  Comments are not to be taken as Commodore official policy.

Perhaps by some it may be taken as bad form, but let me recall to you
and other csa readers that back about a year or perhaps a little more
ago, C= was making noises about how it had targeted the DTP market
and was about to release a full featured high end turnkey DTP system.
They supposedly even showed off a prototype at some west coast 
exhibition. It was about the same time as Atari announced their Laser
printer. I remember it was written up in an article in Computer Shopper
and possibly (Byte?). Of course as with many promises in this industry,
they haven't delivered.