From: jgrimm@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com (Jeffrey Grimmett 9999)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: SKIP'S POINTS ARE *SILLY*! ;)Re: Oh my God! Help my friend not buy an IBM!
Date: 10 Nov 92 18:04:19 GMT
Organization: NCR (Torrey Pines Development Center)
Disclaimer: This posting does not necessarily reflect the opinions of NCR.

Quoth das9674@usl.edu (Stephenson Daniel A):

]> Hmm.  That is my PC-ness showing through.  To most people, Multimedia=CDROM.
]> I do  not know of ANY CDROM multimedia software for the Amiga.

Skip mentioned a few.  Besides, your PC-ness IS showing through.  See my
previous about what is more correctly defined, in Que's Computer User
Dictionary (a peecee oriented book if ever I saw one) as:

Multimedia:  The presentation of information on a computer using graphics,
             sound, animation, and text.  See _animation_, _computer-assisted
             instruction (CAI)_, and _hypermedia_.

I find the reference to hypermedia interesting, especially, as I've been
using a hypermedia program called Thinker for years to catalog pictures
with descriptions.  Click on a picture name within a paragraph and instantly
it's there.  And Thinker is supposedly a hyper_text_ program.  

]> In other words, Mutlimedia, IMNSHO != good presentation software.  This show
]> how C= is outta touch with what 'multimedia' is to most people.  When they know
]> enough about multimedia to do "multimedia things", they won't consider an Amiga.
]> MAYBE if it used a CD a lot....otherwise I just see them going and getting
]> a PC.

Once again, you need to know a little bit about what multimedia (a beemer term,
BTW, not Amiga -- we called it DTV years ago) is all about before you make
an intelligent choice in the platform to use.  You might be suprised, but
you've probably walked by several Amiga multimedia systems, maybe even used one,
in the past month.  Companies specialize in taking an A500, putting it in
a kiosk, loading it up with software, and selling it as an information kiosk
to many department and grocery stores, and malls.

Straight presentations on a computer are IMO a waste no matter what platform
you use -- you might want to AUTHOR it on a computer and then xfer to video,
as a VHS cartidge is far more portable and rugged than a computer.  Interactive
presentations, on the other hand, are not a waste on a computer.

The CDRom mm apps I've seen are impressive, but have the caveat that you're
stuck with what's on the CD.  No changes to the presentation, no modification
is possible, and if a mistake was made it's a chore getting the corrected
version out the door.  Something authored with AmigaVision, on the other hand,
is easy to create, fix, and distribute.  PLUS it can be installed on a CDRom
if one really insists on it.

]> Dan Stephenson                                                 das9674@usl.edu  


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