From: Aric.Caley@ofa123.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: VistaPro & clones
Date: 4 Jan 93 05:51:02 GMT
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> Organization: Texas Instruments, Inc
> From: stevew@mksol.dseg.ti.com (steve wootton)
> Message-ID: <1993Jan4.010026.24307@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
> Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.graphics
>
> In article <1993Jan3.103609.6395@desire.wright.edu>
> fheitkamp@desire.wright.edu writes:
> >     Yes, I've noticed this too.  I think the reason is is that most
> >     people who use PCs and MACs see the Amiga as a toy ( ignorant
> >     SOBs ) and if the software products like VistaPro, SuperBase,
> >     and Mathematica advertise versions for the Amiga, then they will
> >     not be taken seriously.
>
> Hardly a fair characterization.  I would say that most people who use PCs
> either (1) don't see the Amiga at all, or (2) see the Amiga as an
> ill-supported, low-volume, niche-market graphics machine that won't run any
> of the MS-DOS or MS-Windows applications that they're used to running.
>
> I doubt that any PC user, short of a gamer, sees the Amiga as a "toy."  A
> complete non-issue perhaps, but not a toy.

I  know  lots of IBM people, and without fail, they all fit into one of two
catagories:

Type  1  (typical  IBM  owner,  the  vast majority):  They've never used an
Amiga.   They  think  it  is just a "game machine" or in some cases "just a
graphics  machine"  (and  they  equate  graphics  with  games or other wise
useless).   They  are  *always*  surpised  when  I  tell them the Amiga can
multitask,  or  explain  to  them just what exactly its capable of running.
Most  are even blown away when I say "I *only* have a *mere* 1.5 megs and I
need more!", when they are limited to 640K.  These are, obviously, not very
computer-educated people - average Joe's and Jane's who bought their clones
at Sears or something.

Type  2:   They've breifly used an Amiga at least.  They think its a really
great  machine,  hardware  and OS wise.  If they are programers, they admit
that the Amiga has a really nice OS to program under.  Many of them haven't
seen  an Amiga in years and don't know what an A3000 is, much less an A4000
or AmigaOS 2.0 etc.

Mac people also fit into one of two basic catagories:

Type  1:   Irrational  fear and hatred of anything non-Apple.  These people
believe *everything* Apple tells them.  They think Apple is great, Macs are
great,  and  that they invented the GUI and mouse etc.  They even think the
Performas  are  good  systems.   Some  of them have critisizims [SP?] about
Apple,  but still in general think they are great and everything else sucks
across the board.

Type  2:  Don't like Macs, but like the old Apple II's.  They dont like the
Apple  Computers  of  today.   They  wish  they  had  an  Amiga or IBM (and
sometimes  do).   They  don't  like  the Macs GUI and prefer anything else.
They use Macs however, because they are forced to for one reason or another
(work,  etc).   Many  of them think that some Macs are good - but know also
that  Performas,  LC's,  Classics, and other extremely bad designs are just
that; and thats part of their negative oppinion of Apple.

Everyone  I  know  fits into these groups (yeah, I hate grouping, but it is
usefull  sometimes.   Personaly,  I  do  everything  I  can  to avoid being
"groupable" in any way :).

> --
> Steve Wootton  --  stevew@mksol.dseg.ti.com
> Hey, don't blame TI... they haven't told me what to say.

 -Dances With Coyotes-EMAIL: dances@qed.cts.com-At the begining of the movie-
 --AKA Dances V2.0/Coyote/Critter/Magnet/Major--they know they  have to find-
 -Former Net-Lurker - A-M-I-G-A! NOT AMEOBA%#$!-each other.... but they ride-
 -World's slower programer and cursed with 1.3!-off in  opposite  directions-


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