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- From: amann@extro.ucc.su.oz.au (Angus Mann)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: FinalWriter for Windows 95
- Date: 10 Mar 96 20:52:57 +1100
- Organization: Information Services, The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Reply-To: amann@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Angus Mann)
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- >>I, also, was rather perturbed by the Win95 info. If you had
- >> pre-announced what you just explained, i'm sure this wouldn't have turned
- >> so ugly.
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- >I don't like to preannounce anything. Unlike companies I compete with, I
- >do not like to announce a product until it is in its final stages.
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- I can't see why he thought you were under any obligation to preannounce
- anything. The fact that Softwood was releasing FW for Win95 certainly didn't
- require an announcement of this fact early on to the Amiga community...
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- >> Unfortunately, we're all in a sinking boat blaming each other for our
- >> condition. I wish it weren't so, because i really love the Amiga and
- >> abhor all the wasted human effort developing for the horribly contorted
- >> PC architecture. (millions of man years of work have brought it to finally
- >> be nearly competitive)
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- >I am still 100% behind the Amiga. I also want to survive while the Amiga
- >is being reborn. Do not mistake a Win95 version of FW as an indication
- >that SoftWood does not believe in the Amiga! This probably is what upsets
- >me the most about all of this fuss over a Win95 version of FW. I know my
- >heart and what I believe in. When people imply that I am suddenly turning
- >to the dark side leaving the Amiga behind, that upsets me.
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- I could understand their position if you were simply dropping the Amiga market
- to develop a Win95 line, but it's obvious here that you are continuing your
- great support for the Amiga, and Softwood, like everyone else, is more than
- entitled to make a profit from the Win95 bonanza...
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