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- From: fulldog@tag01.acnet.net (Victor Vargas G.)
- Subject: Re: Scala for PC and other issues
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- References: <singh-1405952302380001@pool1-032.wwa.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 08:20:20 GMT
-
- In article <singh-1405952302380001@pool1-032.wwa.com>, singh@wwa.com
- (singh) wrote:
-
- > I admire the people who can stand by the Amiga. It's a great machine,
- unbelievable clever design. But I don't see what's wrong with having
- different tools for different applications. The attractiveness of Scala
- for PC and Lightwave for PC can't be ignored, so much so that I intend to
- get a PC as soon as I get a full time job (I'm doing freelance now.) For
- instance: while I would always do Modeling (Lightwave) on the amiga, I'd
- prefer to render on a pc. Time is money and a pentium is faster than an
- > lerator for the Amiga. Likewise, Scala PC does things the Amiga
- chipsets don't currently allow. Think of it
- ....
- > I hope this doesn't upset anyone -- it is merely my two cents on the
- matter and worth about that. People should just use what they need to use
- and or like to use and not fault other people for doing the same. I have
- no compunction about using a chair with casters and zipping around from
- machine to machine to machine.
-
- I've always tought that: use the right tools. I've been using Amiga for
- what is good (fast realtime animation creation and playback, easy
- integration of graphics & video, intuitive multimedia authoring) but I use
- also Macs (real and emulated) for those things that aren't so well
- supported: DTP, Web authoring, Netscape... Like many around the c.s.a.
- groups, my relation to the Amiga is highly sentimental since we've seen it
- grow and in my case at least it has made us grow too, both intellectually
- and work wise; this doesn't make me blind to its obvious shortcomings
- today in respect to everybody else. What really PISSES me off, however, is
- seeing the preponderance of the GatesBoxes, and maybe more the stupidity
- of companies that rest on their laurels and lose everything (Apple,
- C=)... Seems in a couple of years it will be Windows or else...
- Now all this VisCorp buyout stuff has really made me think: what if Amiga
- truly goes down this time? Will I have to invest more time and money on a
- system that is also on the verge of disaster (Mac)? Or will I have to
- cringe and make Bill a few thousand dollars richer? What's next, wearing
- uniforms and chant "Start me up" while marching in step to buy Doom7...?
- Sorry for the 'optimist' and out of topic post...
-
- --
- Victor Vargas G. ÇAmiga 3D animation & video graphics/Mac DTPÇ
-