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- From: jcompton@flood.xnet.com (Jason Compton)
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- Subject: Re: FW 5
- Date: 4 Mar 1996 16:36:07 GMT
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- Fuller (mafuller@clubmet.metrobbs.com) wrote:
-
- : I need to post this to get it off my chest. Flame away if you must. But
- : the Amiga Community need to to take a valium and chill. Our platform
- : will not get any new support without software. Softwoods has supported
- : the Amiga since the beginning or at least real close. So what if AT didn't
- : include Softwood software in it's initial bundle, that could change. At
- : any rate many of us will buy FW and the rest of the family anyway, not
- : because it was bundled but because it was good.
-
- : FW has gotten progressively better each release. Each of us has certain
- : options we would like to see. I hope each of us will get our complete
- : list someday.
-
- : bring the products to market we want. Those companies probably want our
- : money as bad as we want their products.
-
- I think the real problem here is that Softwood is GIVING to Windows users
- what Amiga users have been paying for. Actually, they've been paying for
- it, hoping for more import/export filters, but not getting them. Now
- they're giftware to anyone who's made a Windows95 purchase.
-
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