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- From: ajackson@alladin.demon.co.uk (Action Jackson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: New Press Release!
- Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 16:30:33 GMT
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- Gemini2@cup.portal.com (Gary Alan Peake) wrote:
-
- >>In article <4iciv5$l2o@fizban.solace.mh.se> "Bj rn Hagstr m" <orgin@medio.mh.s
- >e
- >>> writes:
- >>
- >>:Jason Compton - Master of pessimism ...
- >>
- >>Considering what's come out of AT within the past year or so, doesn't he
- >>have the right to be pessimistic? High-priced old hardware and virtually
- >>the same OS as when C= closed are not things to be *proud* of. AT may
- >>have something wonderful in the works, but there's no indication of it yet.
- >>
- >>Tell us again why we should be optimistic? :)
- >>
-
- >The pessimism here is atrocious! Amiga Technologies has taken a bankrupt
- >company with no facilities, no production, and no R&D (for over a year) and
- >have made substantial improvements in our anemic condition.
-
- >They now have production facilities. There is a tremendous amount of
- >R&D going on (witness Walker and several posts from Michael Metz concerning
- >CHRP/HRP, Olaf and others working on the OS). They have production coming
- >out again. We have dealers signing up (more and more evry week) in the
- >North American continent. We have some developers getting stronger
- >(finally). We have some new 3rd party projects just out or coming out (DKB
- >to name one, PhaseV to name another). Many apps are being improved and
- >upgraded (Final Writer/PageStream). Amiga Technologies has made almost
- >every computer fair in the world in the last year. They have approached
- >many developers personally. Thay have a visible presence on Usenet in
- >several different newsgroups. They have opened channels of communications
- >to those who are interested in hearing what's happening. They have opened
- >up distribution in the US/Canada with more who are willing to play this
- >role. And Ed Goff is silent as a church mouse!
-
- >That last, in itself, is a tremendous improvement over what we had with C=!
-
- >The problem is that it's not exciting to think about all the good stuff. As
- >we used to say in the newspaper business (when I was in that business) ...
- >good news doesn't sell. It's much more fun to call the R&D (both in-house
- >and 3rd party) 'vaporware'. That's the same as saying that the people
- >working on these projects must be lying? I just don't think that the PhaseV
- >people, Olaf Barthel, and the Amiga Technologies people are telling us
- >falsehoods! Sorry ...
-
- I am behind the Amiga 110%. Having gone to the PC world and bounced
- straight Back. Well done Amiga Technologies. Looking forward to your
- new machines what ever they may be... My business still runs on and
- depends on Amiga Machines...
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