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From: paolucci@snll-arpagw.UUCP (Sam Paolucci)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: AM(iga un)IX
Message-ID: <81@snll-arpagw.UUCP>
Date: 22 Mar 89 02:44:49 GMT
References: <72@snll-arpagw.UUCP> <6330@cbmvax.UUCP> <74@snll-arpagw.UUCP> <2421@sbcs.sunysb.edu> <13392@steinmetz.ge.com>
Reply-To: paolucci@snll-arpagw.UUCP (Sam Paolucci)
Organization: Sandia National Labs, Livermore, CA
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In article <13392@steinmetz.ge.com> perley@trub.steinmetz.ge.com (Donald P Perley) writes:
->In article <2421@sbcs.sunysb.edu> root@sbcs.sunysb.edu (root) writes:
->>In article <74@snll-arpagw.UUCP>, paolucci@snll-arpagw.UUCP (Sam Paolucci) writes:
->>> In article <6330@cbmvax.UUCP> ditto@cbmvax.UUCP (Michael "Ford" Ditto) writes:
->>> ->In article <72@snll-arpagw.UUCP> paolucci@snll-arpagw.UUCP (Sam Paolucci) writes:
->
->
->>>   If I may make an analogy, fully relying
->>> on third party developers to provide an Ethernet card on a Unix
->>> machine is like relying on third party developers for floppy drives,
->>> and selling an Amiga 2000 without any.
->
->Well, Commodore does rely on other companies for floppy drives.

Not to the point that when you buy an Amiga no drive comes with it and
you have to buy it from a third party.

->>	for future growth at all.  Commodore really needs to spend all
->>	of its available cycles AND THEN SOME on getting device
->>	independent graphics, new graphics chips, the Hedley, 68030 based
->>	machines, etc to market.
->
->>					Rick Spanbauer
->
->Yes.  It would be a shame if they missed the boat on, say, HDTV compatability
->because they were spending their effort duplicating some peripheral that is
->already available. 

All of the above is besides the point.  If Commodore cannot afford to
get into the Unix market and support their product properly without
sacrificing the development on the standard Amiga, maybe they
shouldn't get in.  But this is a marketing decision that they have to
make.  I appreciate that there may be a lot of Amiga users which
couldn't care less about Unix or Commodore's entry into this arena.
And for you guys, this may be your attitude.  All I'm saying is if
Commodore is going to get in the Unix market, they either should do it
right, or not do it at all.

->-don perley


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