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- From: mdaymon@rainbow.rmii.com (Maxwell Daymon)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Apple troubles benefit Amiga?
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- Date: 22 Jan 1996 18:56:17 GMT
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- Alexander W. Dorn (awdorn@primenet.com) wrote:
- : The One benefit that I can really see, that I've seen since the
- : begining of this Apple Computer difficulty, is less Mac
- : Enthusiasts coming into the Amiga newsgroups, trying to rain on
- : our parade.
-
- That's silly. The Mac had a foot in the door as far as keeping MS from
- completely dominating the industry. We're just as, if not MORE likely to
- have the entire door of the industry slammed in our collective faces.
-
- : I almost feel sorry for them, coming in to these Amiga news
- : groups now days to read about how the Amiga is re-establishing
- : itself at least to the level it was at before, possibly now
-
- Amiga is far from where it was before, and from reports a large part of
- the Amiga's resurrection depends on licensing Apple's 680x0 emulator.
-
- : The big question? If Apple goes under, and the technology goes
- : on the chopping block, will the Apple enthusiasts be a strong
-
- MANY Apple Mac owners are loyal die-hards. In fact, if you step back and
- look at things objectively, Mac and Amiga users are more alike than
- different.
-
- : enough influence to drive some company to pick up that
- : technology and put it back into production? Are they as out
-
- Chances are someone (and a large important someone) would pick up Apple.
- One view is that they COULD do well if they got rid of upper management.
-