Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!umich!yale!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!snorkelwacker!apple!bionet!arisia!sgi!shinobu!odin!odin.corp.sgi.com!portuesi From: portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Amiga Software by Atari!! Message-ID: Date: 8 Jan 90 16:20:20 GMT References: <89122504041857@masnet.uucp> <2360@sactoh0.UUCP> <90004.202106IMS103@PSUVM.BITNET> <90005.145418SPLITE@MTUS5.BITNET> Sender: news@odin.SGI.COM Reply-To: portuesi@sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mtn. View, CA Lines: 25 In-reply-to: SPLITE@MTUS5.BITNET's message of 5 Jan 90 19:54:18 GMT >>>>> On 5 Jan 90 19:54:18 GMT, SPLITE@MTUS5.BITNET (Steve Plite) said: steve> I too would prefer steve> that they devote their energies to the support of their current line steve> and the development of future products. I believe that would be of steve> greater long-term benifit to Atari than insuring that the Amiga has an steve> an authentic port of Gauntlet... Depends. If they make a profit selling Amiga software, than that profit can be channeled into Atari ST development, which is clearly better than if they hadn't produced Amiga software at all. steve> BTW, who is "RJ Michal"? Actually, the name is RJ Mical. He is one of the co-designers of the Atari Lynx, and also the principal architect of Intuition, the Amiga user interface. --M -- __ \/ Michael Portuesi Silicon Graphics Computer Systems, Inc. portuesi@SGI.COM Entry Systems Division -- Engineering