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- From: bmontgom@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Byron Montgomerie)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: Msg from Carl Sassenrath (VISCorp)
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- Date: 14 Apr 1996 18:46:18 GMT
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- Charlie Moody (chmood@photobooks.atdc.gatech.edu) wrote:
- : On 13 Apr 1996 17:13:48 GMT, Byron Montgomerie wrote:
- : : John Gager (jgager@bmi.net) wrote:
-
- : : : What I have been telling people is not to worry. We are all Amiga lovers
- : : : here.
-
- : : Can I read that to mean change in specs, new direction, and more delays?
- : : Will AT remain autonomous or will Viscorp put their sticky fingers into it?
- : : How does the existance of amiga people in the parent company of AT make a
- : : difference in the workings of AT other than via the purse strings?
-
- : Actually, this move makes *perfect* sense to me. With Gatezilla & co
- : firming up their stranglehold on the average desktop, the set-top /
- : Infobahn / information appliance market is a major entry point into the
- : home. As a mail/news/cable control/interface unit, the Amiga tech stands
- : head, sholders and ankles above the competition in capability, flexibility
- : & maturity. Add a keyboard for more precise control & increased options,
- : and voila! An Amiga in every household, the centerpiece of the family's
- : online presence....
-
- Perhaps it makes business sense for VIScorp but I for one am not interested
- in a set top box and won't be for some years until the industry gets their
- act together. If the whole world went the set top box way I still would
- want a computer. From what I understand a set top box is just a fancy
- terminal to be connected to a mainframe in any case and I don't approve of
- that kind of setup.
-
- : I'd expect to see the Amiga system software standardise considerably, in
- : terms of file formats, protocols, form factors, etc., and become more
- : streamlined and even more stable & bulletproof than it is now (which is
- : not bad).
-
- Strange, I would expect the system software to become more hardware
- dependent and hacked together to suit short term goals. The hardware I
- would expect to become more proprietary and non standard.
-
- Regards,
-
- BM
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