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- From: bmontgom@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Byron Montgomerie)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Forget the past if we want to help AT.
- Date: 8 Jan 1996 19:16:50 GMT
- Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
- Message-ID: <4crqj2$sde@coranto.ucs.mun.ca>
- References: <96005.231224GREMS@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
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- GREMS@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU wrote:
- : It would be better if we all forgot CBM and the prior history of the
- : Amiga. To all intents and purposes, Escom/AT and the Amiga are completely
- : new, and have to be dealt with on there own merits.
-
- To a point, the machine is still the same so far and that legacy still applies.
-
- : We tend to think of the computer industry as this mature industry
- : with no room for change or growth, or new companies. Nothing could be
- : further from the truth. The digital revolution is just getting off the
- : ground. Do you rememer the exitement you felt the first time you saw
-
- Agreed, the technology is still settling, from invention to final form is a
- long process, with computers it is many times faster than normal though. The
- thing about that is that generally there emerges one final form with minor
- variations. This is what the PC is trying to become, perhaps prematurely.
- Record players have come a long way, from cylinder to CD, I think we are still
- at the LP stage with regard to computers. The amiga should try to become more
- VHS and less BETA hardware wise at least.
-
- : Let us all try hard to discipline ourselfs to THINK ANEW. What can we
- : do with our Amiga'. What new opportunities exist for there marketing and
- : what development routes should be taken to make machines for a digital
- : multimedia world that is just aborning.
-
- Marketing can only do so much, you have to have something to sell as well.
- Swampland in florida can only be given so much positive spin before people see
- it for what it is. :)
-
- Regards,
-
- BM
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