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- From: bruce@zuhause.MN.ORG (Bruce Albrecht)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: Re: Does reading this group make you depressed? The story of a victim.
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- References: <C01GsK.L4C@news.iastate.edu> <1992Dec29.214112.20498@klaava.Helsinki.FI> <C022Bw.AwM@news.iastate.edu>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 08:47:08 CST
- Organization: Society to Stamp Out Bogus Organizations
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- In article <C022Bw.AwM@news.iastate.edu> barrett@iastate.edu (Marc N. Barrett) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec29.214112.20498@klaava.Helsinki.FI> lindblad@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Jarkko Lindblad) writes:
- >>Marc N. Barrett (barrett@iastate.edu) wrote:
- >>
- >>> I doubt it would uplift me. Even in Europe there is no CD-ROM or good
- >>> productivity software available for the Amiga.
- >>
- >>That's true Marc, CygnusEd Professional, SAS C 6.1, Video Toaster's
- >>software, Real 3D 2.0, they all suck, they're lousy and all inferior
- >>to even most basic MicroSoft products.
- >
- > Yes, CignusEd Pro, SAS C, and Real 3-D are really good examples of
- >productivity software. All these go hand-in-hand with WordPerfect,
- >Adobe Illustrator, and MS Works. NOT!
-
- The Amiga has several good WP packages, several mediocre spreadsheets, several
- good DTPs, one good database, several good structured drawing packages, several
- good paint and image manipulation packages. These programs may not be compatable
- with their DOS counterparts, and in some cases are clearly inferior to their
- premiere DOS counterparts, which often cost up to $700 unless one qualifies for
- an upgrade or a discount because one has the right competitor's product.
-
- If WP were to come out with WP6 for AmigaDOS at $300-500 (whatever the DOS one
- normally sells for), almost nobody would rush out to buy it, even if it followed
- the Amiga style interfaces to a T, because it's too expensive for the average
- Amiga owner, who has a $600 Amiga 500/600/1200. The ones who would be interested
- would be people who already have the WP 4.1 (and presumable could upgrade for
- less), or really need to take their WP documents home.
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- bruce@zuhause.mn.org
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