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- From: dcorn@paradise.pplnet.com (David Corn)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.games,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Why are europeans dumb enough to buy amigas?
- Date: Wed, 03 Apr 1996 05:44:22 GMT
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- On 1 Apr 1996 18:08:09 GMT, wnear@epix.net (Bill Near) wrote:
-
- >On Mon, 01 Apr 1996 00:50:50 GMT, David Corn articulated:
- ><> On 26 Mar 1996 05:45:06 GMT, tempest@netins.net wrote:
- ><> >Yes I surely did. My Amiga has applications and I use them.. Gee you
- ><> >didn't know this? Well, yes, I am here to tell you, Amiga has applications.
- ><> >Now you know..
- ><>
- ><> They're toys compared to PC apps, and they're horribly overpriced.
- >
- >Amiga apps are overpriced? At least we don't pay $300+ for a
- >stupid word processor that the average user won't use 70% of
- >its features!
-
- Bill, you need to price the PC market these days. Works 95 is $30.
- Most people will be MORE than happy with the excellent
- Wp/DB/SS/Comm/Pres package you get for those $30. If you want more,
- Word/Excel/MS Publish and clipart is $210. All brand new, all with
- full manuals.
-
- The AMIGA market is the market where this software is horribly
- overpriced.
-
- >Yeah, PCBoard rocks. Not.
-
- Compared to -what- exactly, on the Amiga? Who's still developing?
-