Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations

	
	Michael W. writes :

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[re: Amiga consumer dollars]

.... was diverted from readysoft because readysoft does not make a product
that the people who ordered emplant wanted. In particular, they do not
make a colour mac emulator, nor do they make one that lets amigados keep
running at the same time.

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	Nor does anyone else, apparently....  EMPLANT _may_ but even
	after 2+ weeks of people with the product, have you seen even a
	MINI REVIEW!?!?! 

	And your statement is not quite on the mark...  people held
	off orders from the AMAXII+ board because they liked the
	_promise_ of EMPLANT more than that of the II+...   NOT because
	ReadySoft does not make a product people want... but rather
	because they wanted the promised features of the EMPLANT more...

	My guess is that RS has sold more than a few II+ boards.... what
	is your guess?  I know for a fact that they would have sold
	more if EMPLANT's announcement wasn't made.  Why do you think
	the EMPLANT announcement was made when it was?!?!?

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Emplant, if it can be made to work
completely, will be a substantial advance on AMAXII+, that's why people
are supporting it, and that's why, maybe, people may want to cut its
developers some slack.  The money is not being diverted because, in most
cases, there was no possibility of it going to readysoft.

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	I agree, that if EMPLANT becomes what it was promised to be, it will be
	a substantial advance on AMAXII+.  Everyone agrees with this, I'm sure.
	That is why I have been a supporter of EMPLANT, as I too want to see
	good Amiga products.  But to state that no $$$ was diverted to UU 'cause
	it was not going to ReadySoft is simply false.  I am one example, and
	I personally know and have heard of many others... and then there are 
	those who simply have not spoken up about it.  Believe me, a LOT of 
	people did not order the II+ because of the EMPLANT announcement.
	Again, I am one of those people, so your statement is simply false.
	(And I have still not ordered because I still believe that
	EMPLANT can come out on top...  I have even offered my assistance
	to Jim Drew to help with this whole mess, and he never even
	responded.... I have also researched tips on getting EMPLANT
	to run and posted them to the net even though I don't have
	the product myself.  This is far more than most have done.  I have
	demonstrated my support.)  Besides, have you even bothered asking
	anyone if they held off a II+ order because of EMPLANT, or were
	you just making that 'fact' up?  Go ahead, ask me...

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Now, if readysoft can come up with a backgrounding, colour mac emulator,
then their status as a "good" developer will count for a lot, and
they'll divert sales back. Even in the rather uncrowded amiga
development world, continual improvement is the most important thing
which makes development firms good or bad.

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	Agreed 100%.

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I'll probably buy a colour, backgroundable, mac emulator, if a working
one shows up, and I don't much care who makes it.

michael
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	Again, agreed 100%

-Mike-