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- From: andy@cbmvax.commodore.com (Andy Finkel)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: Re: Future Amiga chipset
- Message-ID: <38092@cbmvax.commodore.com>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 14:54:13 GMT
- References: <38053@cbmvax.commodore.com> <1i74VB2w164w@admiral.uucp>
- Reply-To: andy@cbmvax.commodore.com (Andy Finkel)
- Organization: Flying Cat, Inc.
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- In article <1i74VB2w164w@admiral.uucp> andyp@admiral.uucp (Andy Patrizio) writes:
- >andy@cbmvax.commodore.com (Andy Finkel) writes:
- >Whew! Never thought I'd see a CBM'er let Marc have it. And boy did you.
-
- Well, I'm not with CBM any more (though I do occasional consulting
- for them) so I can speak my mind a bit more. Marc is certainly
- a waste of time; every once in a while I take him out of my kill
- file.
-
- >What amazes me is that Marc has stayed on this long. I mean, I saw the
-
- I don't think you can count him as 'here'. He probably doesn't buy
- Amiga hardware or software, and certainly doesn't contribute
- to the Amiga community (unless you count his campaign to keep WordPerfect
- off the Amiga as a 'contribution'.)
-
- >writing on the wall, thanks to work, and bailed. I gave one good shot at
- >CBM management that I'd been dying to say, and now I've got a 486/33 to
- >play with. I'd rather have my 3000, but let's face it; when it comes to
- >expensive computer hardware, this is one time where you go with the
- >crowd. When I see Sierra, SSI, and EA (Origin included) all dropping
-
- The 1200 is probably a going to be a big success. That will probably
- change things. (BTW, where'd you hear EA was dropping the Amiga ?
- That doesn't match with what I've heard)
-
- >support within 2 weeks, I have to get the feeling something is wrong. And
- >I still think 3DO will be the end of Amiga.
-
- Your last statement implies you have knowledge of 3DO. Care to
- fill in details to support it ?
-
- >andyp%admiral.uucp@yale.edu (Andy Patrizio) <yale!admiral!andyp>
-
- andy
- --
- andy finkel andy@cbmvax.commodore.com
-
- "Unix is the Operating System of the future, and always will be."
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