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From: jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Rant, Rave...
Message-ID: <6757@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 3 May 89 18:27:45 GMT
References: <11450@well.UUCP> <13240026@hprmokg.HP.COM> <687@solaria.csun.edu>
Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <687@solaria.csun.edu> ecphssrw@trantor.csun.edu (Stephen Walton) writes:
>In article <13240026@hprmokg.HP.COM>, alh@hprmokg (Al Harrington) writes:
>>>	WordPerfect Corporation employees are posting messages everywhere
>>>stating that WPC is halting all development of WP products on the Amiga.

>>I think it's time to sign a few petitions and complain.
>
>Only one thing will change WPCorp's collective mind: selling a lot
>more copies of WP for the Amiga.  If you haven't bought it (I have),
>seems to me that you can't really sign a petition.

	Well, those that have bought it aren't really where new sales come
from.  One reason WP sales may have dropped is that most people who own
Amigas and like WP have already bought it.  It doesn't help (them) that they
feel they have to sell WP at a lower cost than they sell it for any other
market, because of the perception that Amiga owners will not buy a package
as expensive as WP.  Add to that the number of updates they've had to make,
and cost them mucho $, and it doesn't look like a place to make a profit.
Unfortunate, but they're looking out for their own best interests.

	However, this means that those companies that do amiga-specific WP's
that take greater advantage of the Amiga's capabilities are more likely to
succeed now, and provide the Amiga with a wide selection of well-done WP's.
So it's not all bad.

-- 
Randell Jesup, Commodore Engineering {uunet|rutgers|allegra}!cbmvax!jesup