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- Path: grafix.xs4all.nl!rdingem
- Date: Fri, 08 Mar 96 05:35:08 GMT+1
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
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- Subject: Re: New slot box Amiga
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- From: rdingem@grafix.xs4all.nl (Ruud Dingemans)
- Message-ID: <rdingem.4jqr@grafix.xs4all.nl>
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- In a message of 06 Mar 96 "jolyon Ralph" wrote to All:
-
- >> As of March 5th on the Amiga Tech Web Page it was announced that a
- >> prototype unit will be on display at CeBit 96 this month.
-
- jR> These guys are totally crazy. Don't they realise that as soon as news
- jR> of this new machine spreads around (it will be in the magazines next
- jR> month),
-
- Next month? C'mon, it's fairly old news by now - we've had it in
- our magazine about three months ago.
-
- no-one is going to buy AT1200's any more (especially at their
- jR> current high price,
-
- In the UK, that is. In some countries, prices are already back
- to their old levels (around 299 pounds here for the base model, around
- 240 pounds in Germany). Doesn't mean it shouldn't be cheaper, but it's
- not that bad everywhere, imho.
-
- jR> Amiga owners upgrading) and they will all wait for the new machine.
-
- There is a chance for the Osborne Syndrome, indeed.
-
- jR> If the Amiga survives over the next year it will be due to the loyalty
- jR> of the Amiga users, and despite of Amiga Technologies.
-
- Hm, what else is new... Although "despite" sounds a bit harsh to me.
- Without AT and the millions they pumped in it, there would be NO Amiga
- by now.
-
- jR> And if anyone from Amiga Technologies is listening and
- wonders why one jR> of their developers has decided to be so vocal
- about this, then I jR> suggest you ask yourselves what you are doing
- to talk to developers. We jR> have heard nothing, not a sausage. My
- email enquries to Dr. Peter jR> Kittell have been fobbed off with
- pathetic responses. Other developers jR> I have talked to have said
- the same. Several ex-developers have cited jR> the total lack of
- communication from Amiga Technologies as a major jR> contribution to
- them being ex-developers. I am under pressure myself to jR> be an
- ex-developer, and the attitude of Amiga Technologies is not
- JR> helping me at all.
-
- This is indeed a valid complaint, IMHO. Developer support is
- important. But there is a "DevCon" planned at CeBit '96 in a
- few days... (See AT's Web site).
-
- Regards, Ruud
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