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From: [e-mail] (Victor Vargas G.)
Subject: Re: Is it Adios Amiga again? (AT sold out!)
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Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 07:41:14 GMT

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
(Carl Sassenrath) wrote:

> In article <4kmmvm$[e-mail]>, Mark Cordy
> <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
> > No...it's not a flame.
> > And you mirror my thoughts exactly.
> > The Amiga (and I love her dearly) was on the death bed and Viscorp has
> > turned off the respirator.
>
> Excuse me for commenting on this thread, but that doesn't make a whole lot
> of sense, does it?  Why spend millions of dollars for a dead computer?
> It would have been much easier for VIScorp to build a PC variant set-top
> box, but they wanted the small, cool apps that run on the Amiga.  The
> whole point to using the Amiga in the box was to bring content and give a
> market to software developers that will put food on their tables.  It's a
> synergy kind of thing.  Neither can do it alone.
>
>    Carl

As they say, "expect the best but prepare for the worst"... as most people
around here on c.s.a.m, I feel REVULSION every time I evaluate the
situation of the Amiga and the possibility that someday I'll need to work
in a GatesBox. My main job is doing 3D animation and video graphics, and
simply put, I'd rather give that up and do DTP on the Mac for a living
than consider plunging into the depths of W95/IRQ-bus conflicts/3D studio
black magic. Right now I'm using ShapeShifter, why? because to keep
competitive on the market, I NEED to use some programs like Netscape,
Photoshop or PageMill that simply aren't available on the Amiga, still,
I'd rather do graphics on paper with crayolas than give up Scala, Dpaint,
LightWave, ADPro!!!
Again, like many here I've waited for years for the stabilization of the
market. I upgraded my A500 little by little, then that little "toy
computer" helped me start earning money doing what I really liked to do,
then sold it and bought a 4000. I waited on getting a '060 board until
ESCOM got its act together. Bought as many software as my needs dictated
and budget allowed.  Kept holding the grail of a PowerAmiga in front of my
face when times seemed bad.  Fought the visions of Macs and GatesBoxes
getting faster and more powerful by the day, all the while fearing what
would happen to my Amiga-based bussines should my A4000s go into the blink
and can't find repair pieces. The few moments of joy, when the Amiga's
power-price relation is evident and even monster PC/Mac systems can't do
what my 4000 (or even my A500!) has been doing for years, have been the
only things that kept me going... but now, even the other 'bad guys',
Apple, are struggling for survival!  Will I have to dump my last ideals
(that 'good stuff' (Amiga) wins in the end) and buy my GatesBox if I want
to survive into the 21st century...?????

Sorry if this noise is too depressing, but what the heck, it's end of the
millenia, I'm allowed a rant I guess...

Last thing: Whoever has the Amiga technology now, PLEASE, do what you feel
is best, but don't keep people on false hopes. Good luck anyway. We're all
going to need it...

--
Victor Vargas G.  ÇAmiga 3D animation & video graphics/Mac DTPÇ