🚀 go-pugleaf

All,

I am sorry, but I can no longer sit quietly and not
speak out about the so-called strategies of PIOS to provide
the Amiga community with the next generation of AmigaOS compatible
computers.

It has been suggested that PIOS needs to sell MAC clones in order
to pay bills and continue research on Amiga development. This has
to be one of the most illogical business strategies since C= attempted
to further Amiga development with the sale of PC Clones!

As a rule, people do not jump from one platform to another willy-nilly.
There are many costs to pay when moving to a new platform including
the replacement of software and the re-learning of a new OS.

For every single MAC clone that PIOS sells, they are literaly removing
one potential buyer from the customer base for TRUE "next generation" Amigas.

It is sheer folly to market a product that is/will be in direct competition
with a product that you "really" want to market. Why doesn't PIOS re-sell
other products to "pay the bills"?  There is enough new tecnology being developed
and marketed every day that PIOS could choose to promote.

Technology that would not be in conflict with future Amiga sales.
Technology like Digital Video, Digital Storage, and Digital Communication.
They could re-sell laptops, palmtops, ISDN modems or anything that
wouldn't possibly interfere with the sale of future Amiga home computers.

From what I can tell, either PIOS is very naive about marketing, or they are
simply employing the same strategy that BE is using of engratiating themselves
with existing Amiga end-users in order to get their business.

In any case I'm not buying it!

Regards,
Martin