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From: steve@dcdwest.UUCP (Steve Meloche)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Desktop publishing (was "Re: Jerry declares" and so on)
Summary: more deadly embraces, LogicWorks
Message-ID: <486@dcdwest.UUCP>
Date: 17 Mar 89 07:01:11 GMT
References: <37074@bbn.COM>
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In article <37074@bbn.COM>, denbeste@bbn.com (Steven Den Beste) writes:
>  ...
> Does everyone know what "deadly embrace" is? The world of computer marketing is
> plagued by it. In this case, it goes like this:
> 
> Customers don't see the Amiga as a vehicle for Desktop Publishing, since there
> is no good software to do it. Therefore, the big publishers don't think the
> customer base is present to justify development of such a product. Therefore
> the Customers don't see any software, so they don't see the Amiga as a vehicle
> for Desktop...  sigh.
> 
> ...
> 
I had an example of this just today.  We are using the Douglas Professional
CAD system at work on a MAC II.  The schematic editor that is sold by Douglas
is actually Capilano's Design Works package.  Anyway, I was talking to someone
in tech. support from Capilano today, so I took the opportunity to ask him
about their Amiga program.  He hastily pointed out that Logic Works is a much
simpler program that they did not intend to be used for serious (i.e.
professional) work.  He said that it is for education, or if someone wanted to
"connect together a few gates at home."  I had sort of hoped that I could use
it to get work done at home and upload it to work later, but he said the file
formats are completely incompatible.
     I asked if they were planning on upgrading LogicWorks, and he said that he didn't think so as they didn't think that the Amiga was a serious work machine.
(He did say it was a great hackers' machine, though).  Why, said I?  He replied
that whenever he looked in an Amiga magazine, well over half of the advertise-
ments were for games, and where the advertising is is where the market must be.
Thus, the deadly embrace rears it's ugly head again.
     He also noted that Commodore didn't seem to be pushing the Amiga for
any professional uses except video, in contrast to some other computer
companies...  sigh again.

> Steven C. Den Beste,   BBN Communications Corp., Cambridge MA
> denbeste@bbn.com(ARPA/CSNET/UUCP)    harvard!bbn.com!denbeste(UUCP)

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