| From: | Matt Sealey |
| Date: | 19 Jun 2001 at 22:37:10 |
| Subject: | Re: Whinge,whinge!!!! |
Hello Jim
On 20-Jun-01, you wrote:
>>> Add compelling media layer to existing OS'
>>
>> A compelling media layer is only compelling if you've not seen anything
>> like it before.
>
> Fair enough, but does this 'run everywhere'?
Not the one I wrote in College (i386 assembler, kinda tied to MSDOS), but
many others do ;)
>> In fact, Amiga's business model smacks of Microsoft's .NET strategy: the
>> whole "it's not running on the system in your hand" thing. The "home
>> server", the "thin client" and the "portable application framework".
>
> A bad thing?
No, not at all. Why must people think that the Microsoft way is a bad way
and that Amiga following it is inherently wrong when I point this out?
What's bad is that when a multi-billion-dollar company tries to do something,
and a fledgling startup tries to do something, and they're both doing the
SAME thing, the big company tends to do a lot better out of it.
>> The only people that don't see this are the Amiga Faithful, the people
>> who are buying $100 developer kits for a PC they don't own to get
>> $100 off some hardware they really want to.. and with stupidity like
>> that around, who needs competition to drive your company into the
>> dirt?
>
> A bit unfair, A didn't have to effectively give away free SDK's etc.
They shouldn't have, IMO. It would have saved them some money.
I see this entire Party Pack farce as a contrived way of drumming up
some much-needed attention. I reckon they saw how Moobunny and
Amiga.org were filling up with nostalgia, Classic-related and
non-AmigaDE chat and decided people weren't fervent enough. $100
for useless rubbish PDA game development kits and you get $100
some hardware or a free copy of an OS you'd get with the hardware
anyway! And a t-shirt! And a blowjob!!
You kinda have to think people saw that last part, I can't see why
else they'd want to buy it.
No upgrade deal from 1.0 either. That's a big oversight no-one
seemed to notice. Your original loyal customer is f**ked over in
favour of NEW loyal customers:
"Buy our products now, pledge to buy more and we'll love you.
Bought our products in the past? Then you were unlucky enough
to want to get a foot in the door! You should have waited!!!"
IMO $200 total on the AmigaDE is way too much for anyone to
spend. Expecting someone to spend $200 on the AmigaDE is crazy.
Expecting them to want to purchase hardware and operating
systems which are essentially tied together and non-related..
(the AmigaDE and AmigaOS4.0-4.2 do not come as a single
package according to the timelines, OS4.2 isn't going to run
on any hardware except the AmigaOne-class stuff.. you're
effectively railroaded into buying this stuff even if you just
want to get a good deal on developing for the Zaurus)
.. Now that's insane.
Thanks
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