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- From: peterk@combo.ganesha.com (Dr. Peter Kittel)
- Subject: Re: Registrated developer, myth or reality?
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Reply-To: peterk@combo.ganesha.com
- References: <4hgq2e$1uv@news.uni-c.dk> <DnuyrJ.H1J@cix.compulink.co.uk>
- Message-ID: <peterk.0lz7@combo.ganesha.com>
- Date: 25 Mar 96 02:06:36 MEZ
- Organization: Private Site
-
- In article <DnuyrJ.H1J@cix.compulink.co.uk> jralph@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Jolyon Ralph") writes:
- >> > I also believe that BIX should play an important part in the budding
- >> > developer support network.
- >>
- >> Why on earth would you want that?
- >
- >Probably for the same reason almost all UK developers use CIX (a very
- >similar system to BIX based on similar software).
- >
- >At the time C= set up the ADSP system it was very very slow, buggy,
- >dificult to set up and expensive to call.
-
- Huh? All the rest of Europe (and this included by Commodore's definition
- Australia and New Zealand) was quite happy with ADSP and found it fast,
- reliable, and easy to set up. Funny.
-
- > Hardly any developers in the UK
- >used ADSP, we convinced C= UK to allow us to exchange information on the
- >CIX conferencing system (a commercial system) which was secure,
- >professionally managed and much easier to use.
-
- And this was one of the worst moves of you guys! This effectively split
- the Amiga developer community into THREE worlds: BIX, CIX, and ADSP,
- with *very* few intercommunication! It was a hazzle for the engineers
- to help for the exactly same issue on three different media. It was a
- hazzle for the developers, as they most probably missed the better
- part of ongoing discussions and solutions. I have sworn that this
- shall NEVER happen again. Sorry for shouting, but this was one of the
- stupidest things which happened at Commodore.
-
- >And it worked! Everyone on CIX was happy. Everyone on BIX was happy.
-
- Most probably you simply did not realize what all you missed.
-
- > I'm
- >not sure whether people on ADSP were ever happy or not,
-
- Yes, definitely, ask around.
-
- > as we were never
- >able to connect to it!
-
- I put the blame on the UK.
-
- >UK developers won't stop using the CIX system.
-
- Please do. Honestly.
-
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