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- From: raoul@shell.portal.com (Raoul Rodriguez)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Apple troubles benefit Amiga?
- Date: 18 Jan 1996 12:00:07 -0800
- Organization: Aggie Inc., College Station Tejas!
- Message-ID: <4dm8s7$r9q@jobe.shell.portal.com>
- References: <wfblanDL1rDu.Mo4@netcom.com> <30F6B7FD.CCC@ix.netcom.com> <1996Jan16.215356.9852@scala.scala.com>
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- In article <1996Jan16.215356.9852@scala.scala.com>,
- Dave Haynie <dave.haynie@scala.com> wrote:
-
- | They do seem to be following that C= path. And while I can't imagine
- | they beat potential success down with a stick everytime it rears its
- | pretty head, like C= management did (Sun deal nixed, Epson deal nixed,
- | don't get me started!), Apple hasn't made the licensing and mutual
- | benefit agreements that could have made bigtime differences in the big
- | picture, and thus the long term.
-
-
- <perks up ears>
-
- Huh? What deals? I followed the Amiga mythos but not closely,
- what are the Sun and Epson deals? Really, I do want you to get
- started!
-
-
- | Everyone thinks they're invincible. But remember, IBM once ruled the
- | computer world, so much so that anti-trust suits were
- | filed. Televisions used to be exclusively made in the USA. There used
- | to be maybe 10 fairly well established personal/home computing OSs,
- | and 100s of media companies. Things do change, Evolution is real --
- | just ask T-Rex. Or Mehdi Ali. What doesn't adapt to a changing
- | environment will die out, every time.
-
- Amen.
-
- --
- Raoul.
- Class of '92, '93, '95, '96, '97... <*>
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