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From: fgd3@jc3b21.UUCP (Fabbian G. Dufoe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Re:Byte by Byte / WordPerfect
Message-ID: <849@jc3b21.UUCP>
Date: 21 Feb 90 06:21:16 GMT
References: <27063@cup.portal.com>
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In article <27063@cup.portal.com>, Classic_-_Concepts@cup.portal.com asks
why there are so many applications for MS-DOS software as opposed to
AmigaDOS applications.

     I think it's important to look at the kind of applications available
for both machines.  There are far more business programs for MS-DOS than
there are Amiga programs.  But do you really want to see lots of data base
applications for AmigaDOS?  I wonder about that because the only Amiga
program you mentioned was Sculpt-Animate.  True, you mentioned it because
the Amiga version was dropped.  But if you look at the kind of programs
generally available for the Amiga (CAD, drawing and paint, music, animation,
page layout, etc) I think you'll agree they take more development effort
than data base applications and text-based business programs.  How does the
Amiga stack up when you compare MS-DOS and AmigaDOS programs of the types
that are generally available for the Amiga?  Does the number of MS-DOS
programs still swamp the Amiga?

     If the real problem is the lack of business applications for the
Amiga, do you think there is a market for business programs?  Specifically
what kind of business applications?  I'm always looking for ideas for 
projects and text-based business applications seem better suited for my 
abilities than the advanced graphics/sound types.  But maybe there isn't a 
market because people who want to run business applications do it with a 
Bridgeboard or some such.

--Fabbian Dufoe
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