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- From: gnoel@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (George Noel)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Response to recent comments/criticisms
- Date: 16 Apr 1996 09:27:01 GMT
- Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
- Sender: gnoel@plato.ucs.mun.ca
- Message-ID: <4kvp55$7op@coranto.ucs.mun.ca>
- References: <4kooan$c5o@sophocles.algonet.se> <4kp554$cr3@azure.acsu.buffalo.edu> <4ktbnq$lo5@dfw-ixnews6.ix.netcom.com>
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- In article <4ktbnq$lo5@dfw-ixnews6.ix.netcom.com>,
- Steve Kreckman <kreck@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
- >Hi all,
- >
- >A healthy dish of skepticism was recently served up by Ross Cohen
- >(rycohen@acsu.buffalo.edu). The critiscms were well placed and not
- >unexpected (you gotta take the good with the bad). I just wanted to
- >take some time to respond and let you know we're listening. Yes,
- >surprise, we do read the newsgroups and we do hear you.
- >
- >I'm not going to give you a lot of condescending rhetoric because your
- >comments deserve an honest response. I'll be as forthright as I can.
- >
- >The success of a platform has always depended on the developer base and
- >user community. We all know too well what you've endured (a lot of us
- >are ex-C= folks) and the loyalty of the Amiga developers/users has been
- >amazing. This speaks volumes for the belief in the potential of the
- >Amiga technology. A hardware box is nothing without good apps and we
- >realize the crucial role played by developers.
- >
- >Now to answer the comments
- >
- >> So VisiCorp bought the Amiga not knowing whether it planned
- >>to make *new* Amiga PC's. This should definitively tell people where
- >>the corporations real interest lies. And this, of course, is what
- >>is really scaring people. Escom had comitted to the new machines -
- >>PPC, RTG, etc. You have not.
- >
- >First off, I apologize for being a bit vague but things have been
- >moving pretty quickly around here. There are a lot of deals,
- >negotiations, and partnerships that are in the works. It would be
- >improper (if not illegal as we are a publicly traded company) for
- >anyone inside the company to prematurely reveal this information. I
- >know you're hungry for information and I ask your patience. There
- >*will* be more announcements made in the very near future, just keep an
- >eye on our web site at http://www.vistv.com.
- >
- >> When will you start to 'consider the developement of new
- >>machines'? and when will you From: kreck@ix.netcom.com(Steve Kreckman )
-
- >Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- >Subject: Response to recent comments/criticisms
- >References: <4kooan$c5o@sophocles.algonet.se> <4kp554$cr3@azure.acsu.buffalo.edu>
- >
- >Hi all,
- >
- >A healthy dish of skepticism was recently served up by Ross Cohen
- >(rycohen@acsu.buffalo.edu). The critiscms were well placed and not
- >unexpected (you gotta take the good with the bad). I just wanted to
- >take some time to respond and let you know we're listening. Yes,
- >surprise, we do read the newsgroups and we do hear you.
- >
- >I'm not going to give you a lot of condescending rhetoric because your
- >comments deserve an honest response. I'll be as forthright as I can.
- >
- >The success of a platform has always depended on the developer base and
- >user community. We all know too well what you've endured (a lot of us
- >are ex-C= folks) and the loyalty of the Amiga developers/users has been
- >amazing. This speaks volumes for the belief in the potential of the
- >Amiga technology. A hardware box is nothing without good apps and we
- >realize the crucial role played by developers.
- >
- >Now to answer the comments
- >
- >> So VisiCorp bought the Amiga not knowing whether it planned
- >>to make *new* Amiga PC's. This should definitively tell people where
- >>the corporations real interest lies. And this, of course, is what
- >>is really scaring people. Escom had comitted to the new machines -
- >>PPC, RTG, etc. You have not.
- >
- >First off, I apologize for being a bit vague but things have been
- >moving pretty quickly around here. There are a lot of deals,
- >negotiations, and partnerships that are in the works. It would be
- >improper (if not illegal as we are a publicly traded company) for
- >anyone inside the company to prematurely reveal this information. I
- >know you're hungry for information and I ask your patience. There
- >*will* be more announcements made in the very near future, just keep an
- >eye on our web site at http://www.vistv.com.
- >
- >> When will you start to 'consider the developement of new
- >>machines'? and when will you '85 Honda V65 Sabre AMA# 410273
- >Kristen Stewart
- > '85 Kawi GPz550 AMA# 409922
-
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