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From:Neil Bothwick
Date:21 Jun 2001 at 11:20:47
Subject:Re: Whinge,whinge!!!!

Alan Buxey said,

> no, Phase5 sales were little affected by the PUP/WUP war - after all,
> which ever solution you chose did not affect the actual hardware you
> bought!

It did if you chose no PPC solution. Developers were left with the
option of writing software for a fraction of a small market, so many
didn't bother. This lack of software made the hardware far less
attractive, so sales fell.

> Sales were hit by Amiga, at the time, saying we'd all be running
> Alpha CPUs in the new Amiga.

Amiga were touting x86 at the time. This was at WoA98, the time of the
"BIG" announcement, shortly after Joe Torre had said the future included
PPC.

Cheers

Neil



Neil Bothwick - New Media Editor, Amiga Active Magazine

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