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- From: john.chang@scala.com
- Subject: Re: Scala for PC... oh well...
- Sender: news@scala.scala.com (Usenet administrator)
- Message-ID: <1996Apr15.200014.9699@scala.scala.com>
- Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 20:00:14 GMT
- Reply-To: john.chang@scala.com
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- In <Pine.SGI.3.91.960412060042.9133C-100000@brook>, Joe Rothman <hardware@insti.physics.sunysb.edu> writes:
- >Although I don't wear Dave Haynie's shows I am in worse shows than his. I
- >too have been involved with the Amiga market for more than ten years. The
- >difference is that I have never made anywhere near what Dave must have
- >made in his hayday, nor have I switched platforms. I have always said
- >that I would rather starve than to switch switch to the PC or the Mac and
- >I've come pretty darn close to doing so. Dave isn't the only one who has
- >had car and money problems you know. I respect everyone right to choose
- >their future employment path, what computer they own etc., but I don't
- >agree with those who give up on the Amiga no matter how compelling their
- >reasons. I especially disagree with those who have purchased Macs or PC's
- >because they perceive them as HIP computers. It's one thing to be forced
- >to work with those piles of junk, and quite another to bring one into
- >your home. In my opinion, multi-platformer who claim to be Amiga
- >loyalists are just plain full of crap. You can devide your attention
- >between two or more platforms and still claim to be supporting the Amiga.
- >Every penny spent on another platform is a penny taken out of the pocket
- >of a deserving Amiga developer. Scala's problems, are not necessarily
- >Scala's fault, but quitters deserve what they get. You can't _BE_ an Amiga
- >developer if you think the future is elsewhere. Also, Scala did some
- >pretty dumb things when it came to their dealer base. Like so many other
- >companies, they placed their trust in the wrong people and got screwed.
- >I'm hoping they survive, but experience tells me that thay have given up
- >on the Amiga. Like so many other former Amiga developers, the
- >perception of greener grass on the other side of the fence is just too
- >much form them to resist. Someone will step up to the plate while they
- >are distracted and destroy whatever chance they had to survive the hard
- >times. If you want your local grocery store to survive, you don't go
- >shopping at the supermarket ten miles away. If you do, and the
- >neighborhood guy goes out of business, you have no one to blame but
- >yourself. You can't have your cake and eat it too.
-
- >How can you even say the phrase Antique Amiga Hardware with a straight face?
- >PC's are just Volkswagen Beetles with big engines. The OS sucks and
- >everone knows it. The basic architecture is ten years older than the
- >Amiga's. Look how long it too Scala to make MM100PC into a product. I'm
- >pretty sick of guys like you who claim to be Amiga people just to
- >distract others from the truth. Just because Scala put more effort into
- >the PC version than the Amiga version does not mean the Amiga isn't
- >worthy of the effort. It doesn't mean the Amiga can't do better than
- >Scala is capable of making it do. i.e. Scala still doesn't support text
- >over HAM mode graphics, even though others have solved the flaging
- >problem. All it means is that Scala didn't care enough to fix it.
-
- >They didn't release a dongle-less version because they are nice guys,
- >they did it because they needed the money to continue their PC development.
- >It's pretty obvious that they didn't sink that money into further Amiga
- >development.
-
- >Scala is already dead unless they start to build their market instead of
- >tearing it down, which is what they have been doing for the last several
- >years.
-
- Well, since it appears that you have had years of experience in the "business",
- perhaps you can outline a business plan that will keep Scala growing,
- profitable and secure in the marketplace? You've got at least me
- interested in a possible solution. Prove it. I'm listening.
-
-
-
- Regards,
-
- John Chang
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