From: zarthac@bradley.edu (Matthew Simmons)
Subject: Re: Advocacy? What do you want for the Amiga?
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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 02:00:18 GMT
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Marc N. Barrett (barrett@iastate.edu) wrote:
: In article <1993Jan10.171010.18797@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA> tmc@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Tim Ciceran) writes:
: >In article <C0MEA7.MwA@news.iastate.edu> barrett@iastate.edu (Marc N. Barrett)
: >writes:
: >
: >>Thus, if Commodore were to write a 'works' package to be included with 
: >>some Amiga system, the included word processing, spreadsheet, database, and
: >>drawing software would be compared to the word processing, spreadsheet,
: >>database, and drawing software included with Claris Works or MS Works.
: >
: >Given the waning popularity of Geoworks Professional in the PC market,
: >why not simply have Berkeley develop an Amiga-specific version of Geoworks?
: >The expense of having one of the major players develop such a package
: >would be prohibitive, while I'd prefer CBM to commit their internal 
: >resources to getting RTG and 3.1/4.0 out the door. Geoworks would offer
: >a reasonable compromise, and a package which would prove to be a lot more
: >useful than AmigaVision for the average user.

:    That's a very good idea.  I don't really care who Commodore has develop the
: package, as long as the package is done well.  And you are right that it is
: better for Commodore to subcontract the writing of the software to a third-
: party than to do it themselves.  I think it can be argued that one of the 
: reasons why the first incarnation of AmigaVision was halfway good was because
: it was done by a third-party and not by Commodore.
Yeah, just like Apple lets Claris do theirs...  (The cluephone is ringing Marc.
Answer it.  Claris is a subdivision of Apple)  Why do we have to make
separate integrated packages?  With AREXX, all programs that support it are
integrated.  Just bundle separates...  Hey wait a minute!  By Marc's reasoning,
he couldn't bash FCII or ProWrite as being worse than Word, as long as they're
multitasking with something else with an arexx port... Why?  Cuz they're
'integrated' then... =)

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: | Marc Barrett -MB-  |  email: barrett@iastate.edu
: --------------------------------------------------------------------
: "No, I just think that a computer grafted on top of another computer
: is a kludge.  It has nothing to do with the AGA chipset." -- me

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