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- Path: grafix.xs4all.nl!rdingem
- Date: Sun, 24 Mar 96 00:01:00 GMT+1
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- Subject: Re: New web site: white pages for amig
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- From: rdingem@grafix.xs4all.nl (Ruud Dingemans)
- Message-ID: <rdingem.4npv@grafix.xs4all.nl>
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- In a message of 21 Mar 96 John S. Burger wrote to All:
-
- RD>> That was me. And like I said in Email, that was an analysis, not a
- RD>> comment as such.
- RD>> Personally, I do not doubt Softwood's wish to support the Amiga. But
- RD>> wishes don't just come true - and in this case, Softwood will have to
- RD>> MAKE them come true. Which will be hard.
-
- JSB> Tell me how Softwood is supposed to "*MAKE* them come true" if nobody
- JSB> buys their software? What is Woody supposed to pay his programers with
- JSB> if he is not making a profit?
-
- If he is not making a profit, he will not stay in the Amiga business.
- It's as simple as that. So he will have to see to it that he makes
- a profit, which for the foreseeable future means tangible and
- affordable upgrades for existing products.
- (FW4 was not a quantum leap forward as far as features were
- concerned.)
-
- JSB> reasonable upgrade fees etc. It is attidudes like
- JSB> yours that will make companies like Softwood wonder why they
- JSB> bother.
-
- You're wrong. I am not anti-Softwood. But I am a critical observer.
- We've all seen before what happens to most Amiga-oriented companies
- that decide to "expand" into the Windows market (Gold Disk, Newtek).
-
- So that's why I said Softwood will have to prove itself. Not because
- I think they do not want to support the Amiga - I think they do.
-
- Let's please not have such black-and-white views like "if you're not
- for us, you're against us" here. Most of us can do better than that.
-
- Regards, Ruud
- rdingem@grafix.xs4all.nl
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