From: andyp@admiral.uucp (Andy Patrizio)
Subject: Re: The future of the Amiga.
Reply-To: andyp@admiral.uucp (Andy Patrizio)
Organization: The Grid/Waffle BBS, 203-661-2873, -1279, -0450, -2967
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 19:09:09 GMT

shogun@admiral.uucp (Jay Brown) writes:

>         This is a general call to all Amigans out there who love their 
> machine.  We know that CBM is on the internet, and we know they can read 
> these newsgroups.  Employees have posted answering questions.  If there 
> is anyone out there who agrees with me then please help me.
>         Here's my big problem.  I love the Amiga.  Everyone I know who 
> spends time with one wealks away with respect for it.  They always say 
> the same thing though, "Great machine it's too bad there are no 
> applications oiut there for it."  Now, we can argue saying things like 
> "What about Final Copy II, or Wordwordth, or Maxiplan..."  these 
> arguments mean nothing, because none of those packages have any where 
> near the capability of AmiPro or Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel.  CBM 
> is surviving, but that's not enough.  They aren't really getting any new 
> users.  The main reason is because the mainstream applications aren't out 
> there for the Amiga, and because Commodore isn't realeasing machines that 
> have the same memory or drive space as clones or Macs.  At one point in 
> time the Amiga had the best games, now they aren't even as good as 
> console games.  I want to play things like Ultima VII or Falcon 3.0.  I 
> can't.  I'd like to write a paper with equations.  I can't.  One of the 
> reasons that CBM has not been making 80 meg hard drives standard is 
> because they perceive no need among current users.  I know tjhat's wrong. 
>  you know that's wrong.  Alos, they shouldn't be worried about current 
> users as much as new users.  We should not have to do advertising for 
> Commodore.  We should however tell them howe theoir current user base 
> feels.  Inundate them with mail.  Let them know how we feel.  Get them to 
> work with major software houses to get mainstream applications.  That's 
> what Apple did to get the Mac mainstream.  I'd like to srr the Amiga 
> mainstream too.  Push Commodore.
>                 Jay Brown
> 
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> shogun%admiral.uucp@yale.edu (Jay Brown) <yale!admiral!shogun>
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now it's your turn to get flamed, Jay. I'm telling you though, it won't 
work. A letter-writing campaign won't do jack. There is only one 
solution, and that is for a major shareholder's lawsuit against CBM. 
Someone, or a group of people combined, with a large number of shares, 
could sue Commodore to try and force the resignation of Irving the 
Impotent. That's really the only option available.

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