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- From: bmontgom@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Byron Montgomerie)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: OS features (was Olaf Barthel hired by AT!!)
- Date: 11 Jan 1996 17:11:19 GMT
- Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
- Message-ID: <4d3gbn$udh@coranto.ucs.mun.ca>
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- Olaf Barthel (olsen@sourcery.han.de) wrote:
- : > Actually, if the os were distributed on CDROM they could include their 'Magic
- : > Pack' with it as well.
-
- : The problem with a CD-ROM distribution is that in order to sell well
- : customers actually needs to have these drives installed. As far as I can
- : tell a good number of Amiga users own CD-ROM drives, but data is lacking
- : how many CD-ROM drives are out there. As long as AT is not shipping machines
- : with built-in CD-ROM drives I venture saying that there will be no CD-ROM
- : distribution of the OS.
-
- That is a given, of course. CBM touted themselves as only trying to break even
- on the os, any glimmer of what AT's attitude towards that would be?
-
- Regards,
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- BM
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