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- From: ad636@torfree.net (Stephen Bowie)
- Subject: Re: Scala for PC... oh well...
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- Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 16:03:37 GMT
-
- : Scala, like so many other Amiga developers, has gotten too full of
- : themselves. They believe it was them, and not the Amiga, that was
- : responsible for their success. If you ask me, they are trying really hard
- : to go out of business by ignoring their roots and trying for the illusive
- : and non-existant PC pot of gold. The PC community will respond by doing
- : what it always does. It will almost completely ignore Scala because the
- : PC community only buys what everyone else already has. New companies to
- : that platform rarely survive for long. It's a shame that we, the Amiga
- : community will have to suffer the loss from yet another ego and greed
- : based business decision.
-
- : Commodore is Dead,
- : Long Live the Amiga. Joe Rothman
-
- I'm sorry guys, but while I sympathize with your discouragement, and
- even frustration at the state of "things Amiga" over the last few years,
- this attitude towards Scala is way over the top and I can't let it
- pass without rebuttal.
-
- First, if you think you are dissappointed/annoyed/frustrated/out-of-pocket
- by the damage done to our beloved platform over the last few years, just put
- yourselves in the shoes of guys like Dave Haynie and company who
- put heart, soul and career options into the Amiga for at least a decade!
- I beleive it's still true that the majority of Scala N.American empoyees
- are ex-Amiga people...maybe 'ex' is the wrong adjective, as many are
- still working for the advancement of the platform in very real ways.
- Guys like this have put more on the line and suffered far more for
- it than the sum total of a dozen user-groups. But they still speak well
- of and support the Amiga at every opportunity. As well, they continue to
- express publicly and privately their optimistic view of the Amiga
- future.
-
- Scala -the company- itself (aside from providing astonishing software
- which allows even antique Amiga hardware to hold it's own with the most
- up to date PC) has recently released ScalaMM400 for NTSC at a very
- reasonable price, and has stated in this forum that the new BackBone
- code used for the Intel version is specifically designed with 'portability'
- in mind and that if the Power Amiga debut is reasonably succesful we can hope
- for a version which will make the PA shine above it's peers (my very rough
- paraphrase).
-
- Scala has demonstrated their continued interest in the Amiga
- by being involved in some of the A1200 software packs, even producing
- a 'dongle-less' version for that purpose, and their continued
- contacts/consultations with AT.
-
- They can hardly be blamed for wanting to enter a profitable market at the
- same time...possibly they'd like to feed their children, who knows.
- And,while PC MM100 may be a lovely product it still takes massive
- hardware resources to run as compared to MM400. Thus we still have some
- market edge. As well, when the PowerAmi and appropriate version of
- Scala become available, there will certainly be no harm to the
- Amiga in having crossplatform compatability of scripts. The lack of this
- in other software has been a very real problem in selling Amigas in the
- past.
-
- I don't (obviously) share your view that the PC market will ignore
- Scala.....like LW it's just too fine a program, and is a testament
- to those that worked on it. It seriously outshines it's competitors.
- I hope it does very well, that everyone at Scala prospers, and that they
- be alive and well fiscally to be there when the Power Ami comes to
- be!
-
- Long live Scala, long live the Amiga!
-
- My $1.25
- Steve.
-
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- Steve Bowie ad636@torfree.net
- North York, Ontario, Canada
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