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- Alexander Bostrom wrote:
- >
- > In article <4j4jrl$td1@carbon.cudenver.edu>, Scott Marlowe writes:
- >
- > >
- > > Michael van Elst (mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de) wrote:
- > > : Because you cannot make money with selling an operating system.
- > >
- > > Yo! Mike! Remember a guy by the name of Bill Gates?
- >
- > Well he sells apps too (and mice and keyboards :-). Maybe AT should start
- > making apps too. AmigaOS drivers for PCI cards too. They should also create
- > a software distribution network for shareware, with standard and secure ways
- > to pay for it (Visa, Mastercard, DigiCash, CyberCash, normal cash, cheques
- > etc.).
- >
- > Look at Be, Inc. They're distributing software for their developers, and it
- > would suite the Amiga too, since it relies so much on shareware.
-
- Eventually, I hope, this will be the avenue AT will have to take to continue the Amiga line. When the PowerAmiga
- ships, and the road for the Walkwer is paved to expand into a PowerAmiga; software will be determining factor in its
- survival. The OS alone is not going to cut it as a viable alternative to newcomers to the Amiga line.
-