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- From: flui@fraser.sfu.ca (Francis Wai Gee Lui)
- Subject: Re: How to Solve the Problem of A3000 C= CD-ROM Support
- Message-ID: <1992Aug23.035048.2215@sfu.ca>
- Sender: news@sfu.ca
- Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
- References: <James_Hastings-Trew.0ijg@telepro.UUCP>
- Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 03:50:48 GMT
- Lines: 39
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- In article <James_Hastings-Trew.0ijg@telepro.UUCP> James_Hastings-Trew@telepro.UUCP (James Hastings-Trew) writes:
- >In a message dated Sat 22 Aug 92 15:36, Barrett@iastate.edu (marc N Barrett
- >wrote:
- > BNB> This kind of support from IBM is the straw that broke the
- > BNB> cammel's back.
- > BNB> I am sick and tired of seeing so much CD-ROM support from IBM,
- > BNB> Apple, and
- > BNB> other companies, and absolutely none whatsoever from Commodore.
- >
- >You can buy a CD ROM drive and appropriate driver software for your Amiga,
- >right now. What is your point, exactly?
-
- The point is that Commodore doesn't sell one, nor the "official" drivers for
- a CD-ROM drive.
-
- >And there is no evidence to indicate that these offerings from IBM and
- >Apple will be successful. It is pointless to try to use the educational
- >market to boost sales - that is a no-win situation with taxpayers having it
- >up to here (indicating a point well over my head) with expensive
- >educational programs that produce children that cannot read. CD-ROM
- >multi-media presentations make for great TV commercials, but the reality
- >out in the educational field is quite different. For an eye-opener, I
- >suggest you take a gander at this month's MacWorld cover story on the sorry
- >state of computer education.
-
- True. In comp.sys.windows.advocacy, a debate on CD-ROM is currently raging,
- with most users complaining that CD-ROM is being shoved down their throats.
- However, the difference is that Apple and IBM are being perceived as making
- efforts to advance the state of the art in multimedia, while the Amiga seems
- to be stuck in the mud. It's the public perception that's sickening, more
- than anything else.
-
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- / /\ /_/\__ Francis Lui
- /_/ /\\ \ \/\ e-mail: flui@sfu.ca
- \ \ / \ \ /
- \ \ \ \_\/ You know you're a techno-dweeb when
- \_\/ floppy drive applies more to your love life,
- and hard drive to your machines.
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