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- From: dmeyer@tiac.net (David Meyer)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: FinalWriter for Win95 is GOOD NEWS!
- Date: 15 Mar 1996 15:49:04 GMT
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- Jason Compton (jcompton@flood.xnet.com) wrote:
- : Bacon Runner (watt@parka.winternet.com) wrote:
- :
- : : 3) it is something to help fuel the development of new Amiga versions.
- :
- : This isn't clear. Woody has so much as directly said that development
- : advances on the Win95 version are not always going to be reflected in the
- : Amiga version. Whether this is because of industry standard libraries he
- : can get for $.01/copy or because code is hard to port is irrelevant, it
- : still brings the same result.
- :
- Stop and think a minute: the statement said FW'95 would help fuel FW/A,
- not drive it. Any profit derived from the sale of either version goes
- into a common pot - the same pot that R&D funds come out of. Some of that
- money goes to defining what the product will be (what features, etc) and
- this can be shared between the two. The rest of that money goes to
- turning the design list into code and testing it. It is quite possible
- that FW'95 could be an inconsequential player in the Win'95 world yet
- still provide SoftWood with more profit than all their other products
- combined! This would allow them to put more resources into each of their
- coding efforts - and still retain more profits. The two programs would
- not need to be identical, there is no good reason why they ought to be.
- They should share most of the same major features, though, and be able to
- share their files. Any clearer now?
-