Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!+ From: Michael.Witbrock@cs.cmu.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Dictionary for the Amy? Message-ID: Date: 19 Dec 89 00:00:54 GMT References: , <568@grape3.UUCP> Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 28 In-Reply-To: <568@grape3.UUCP> > Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.amiga: 15-Dec-89 Re: Dictionary for the > Amy? Steven King@cell.mot.COM (898) > Is there an upgrade policy from the old to the new edition? Not that I > have > any hopes of being able to afford the OED in the first place, but I can > dream can't I? I'd love to get the OED, Bartlett's and maybe a good > thesaurus on-line, with a real fast search program to go with them... :-) I'm afraid I don't know. I crave the NewOED on line too. I think that CD roms are about to take off (there have been a couple of releases of small computers whose main purpose is cd rom reading recently). A drive for the Amiga soon is a must (amongst other things, because it could hold things like atlases with HUGE numbers of pictures, which would sure help penetrate the education market - I think the amiga's unparalled *base configuration* graphics is a huge advantage in a market which has enough difficulty buying computers, let alone expanding them). michael p.s. I wonder whether C/A is developing a marketing strategy for Eastern Europe and the SU. I'd bet that 68000s will be sellable there soon, and with it's market penetration in West Germany, commodore could do very well. you know, the computer for the unleashed mind etc.