From: dudley@cebaf9.cebaf.gov (John Dudley)
Subject: FOR PETE'S SAKE CBM!Re: Upgrade Amiga OR buy 486??
Reply-To: dudley@cebaf9.cebaf.gov (John Dudley)
Organization: CEBAF (Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility)
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 18:07:41 GMT

FOR CHRISTS SAKE COMMODORE! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU???

Look at your unbelievably loyal users of the Amiga Computer!  Look at
how we wait and wait and wait
with no word on any possible improvements in our system. Look at how we
wait for new dealers to
carry the Amiga line of Computers. Look at how we wait and wait
(forever) to see our Amiga
publicized, and when it is, it's not through the graces of Commodore or
CBM's very very talented
martketing team.  It's because of third party companies, and others that
remain loyal to Amiga that get
the Amiga shown in public.

Now I can understand not wanting to say you're working on the new Delta
Chipset with 24bit sound and
graphics that will be compatible with any Amiga for only a $195 upgrade
and will be available in August
1992, or that you're working on the new Amiga series, Delpha, which will
incorporate a 68040 processor
with a 68000 to control the new Delta chipset, and a 68882 math
coprocessor with 8 megs standard and
a 20meg 3 1/2" floptical drive, with easy interface to CDRom Drives with
WORM (Write once Read Many)
capabilitis that will be available for $2995 and available in August
when you cut the prices of your 3000 to
$1795.  

Now I can understand all of that. (the Osborne Syndrome), but when your
loyal users that MAKE the 
Amiga the great machine that it is wonder if you're going to just kill
the machine off, or if you are
doing anything to help regain the Amiga's market, you're only hurting
yourself.  

OPEN YOUR EYES COMMODORE!

People are either A) Hoping you will come out with something sometime
                          B) Strongly considering the sale of their
Amiga system
                          C) Have sold their Amiga's in favor of a
computer built by a company that
                               is already known to have a good
reputation of support and upgrades.

WHERE DOES THIS LEAVE THE USER?

Holding a nice brand new super computer that has the reutation of
support and high quality, with the
nameplate on it reading HP, APPLE, SILICON GRAPHICS, IBM, NeXT, etc.

WHERE DOES THIS LEAVE COMMODORE?

It leaves Commodore to tinker with it's toys until the money runs out
from lack of sales.  Better watch
out Irv, when this happens, you might still be alive, and how would you
expect to fuel up the corporate
jet without any money???? Wouldn't be able to live in the Bahamas long
when your stock suddenly
plummets to where you end up owing the stock exchange to keep your stock
on it's worthless paper.

Well, might as well put the For Sale sign in the Window of CBM
HeadQuarters if Commodore continues to
practice it's neglegence the way it so evidently loves to do.

IS THERE HOPE?

I hope their is.  I hope you decide to change your style, Commodore, and
soon.  Of course we are all
curious wondering what you're working on behind the secret lab doors in
West Chester.  You don't
necassarily need to tell us what it is you're doing, but at least tell
us you're doing SOMETHING! 
The last thing you came out with was CDTV 1 & 1/2 years ago, which is
cool but still no advance in 
technology.(an A500 w/CDRom and cool Graphical Interface)  Before that,
it was the 3000 and AmigaDos
2.0 on April 24, 1990.  What since then? (wow. a 386SX bridgeboard that
costs more than a standalone
386SX with HD, RAM, Monitor, etc.)

I do plan to stick with Commdore, however. I do not like any other
computer for it's price (NeXT looks very
nice, but too expensive) I just personally have grudges with other
Companies (IBM, etc.)   I pray that
maybe someone from Commodore will read this, and say something to others
at Commodore and maybe
get 1 thing changed.

p.s. I know I could pay a hundred bucks to become a developer and know
all the new goodies on the
drawing board, but what is everyone else suppose to do?  Support
Commodore with $100 a year just
to know if Commodore will continue to say they support the Amiga or
not.

That's all folks!

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