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- From: Terry_Palfrey@mindlink.bc.ca (Terry Palfrey)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: FW 5
- Date: Wed, 06 Mar 96 20:46:48 -0800
- Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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- In article <4hl1cj$rvp@flood.xnet.com>, jcompton@flood.xnet.com (Jason
- Compton) writes:
- >
- > Msg-ID: <4hl1cj$rvp@flood.xnet.com>
- > References: <4hks05$47a@vega2.dur.ac.uk>
- > Posted: 6 Mar 1996 21:51:15 GMT
- >
- > Org. : XNet - A Full Service Internet Provider - (708) 983-6064
- >
- > D P Marshall (D.P.Marshall@durham.ac.uk) wrote:
- >
- > : I wouldn't call it giving Final Writer away. It's a very shrewd
- > marketing
- > : move to get a foothold in a very competitive market. I expect that
- > Final
- >
- > While I disagree with the term "competitive" to describe the PC WP market
- > (anti-competitive is a bit closer to the truth), you are right in that
- > it's a very shrewd move.
- >
- > I had serious doubts about how Softwood could pull off getting FW to
- > penetrate the PC market, but this is probably the best way. I never
- > dreamed that they would undercut Amiga users to do it, though.
- >
- > To deal with what could be an ensuing flame: Yes, it's an undercut. I
- > suppose in the end if it's the best thing for Amiga FW, I can't
- > complain. But an undercut at any rate, a way to get FW onto PCs because,
- > hey, what the hell, it's free. Sounds like the tactic used by a certain
- > magazine I know of. :)
- >
- > --
- > Jason Compton jcompton@xnet.com
- > Editor-in-Chief, Amiga Report Magazine (708) 741-0689 FAX
- > You know you're on the way out... it's just a matter of
- > time.
- > Maybe some escape? No! Not even one!
- > AR on Aminet - docs/mags/ar???.lha AR Mailing list - Mail me
- > WWW - http://www.omnipresence.com/Amiga/News/AR, www.cucug.org/ar/ar.html
-
-
- Once again.
-
- Woody's public explanation was that an outside agency is porting
- FW to Windows. That this effort involved none of his staff in a
- dedicated way. And that he and his company are faced with few if
- any new sales of FW and that AT did not include it in their new
- bundle or consider it in alternative bundling schemes <for whatever
- reason of course>.
-
- In the meantime new code is being written for the AMIGA as per schedule
- and resources at Softwood dedicated to the next upgrade in spring.
-
- Outside agency porting.
- Softwood still programming.
-
- Available resources for windows programmers - vast array.
- Available resources for AMIGA programmers - whatever they can write.
-
- Sales equal salaries, profits and continuing in business. No sales
- no business no products. Remember the AMIGA a year ago?
-
- Terry
-
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