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In a message of 01 Apr 96 "jolyon Ralph" wrote to All:

 jR> You can't compare the Amiga/PC/Mac markets, they are *completely* 
 jR> different.

Disagree. The only major difference is scale.

 >>  jR> made  worthless once the product appears on a magazine, and people
 >>  jR> aren't even  buying new products - waiting instead for the
 >>  jR> inevitable coverdisk  release.

 >> I doubt this, since one never knows if some program is going to make it
 >> onto a coverdisk in the first place.

 jR> I'm afraid it's true. We've talked to *lots* of people, investing a lot
 jR> of time and effort into trying to find out why the market for 
 jR> professional software is so low in the UK (compared to the high number

Because the UK is mainly a games market. (It's different in Germany.)
That leaves a relatively low number of potential clients for
'professional' software.
I don't doubt coverdisks play a role in all this, but I don't think
it's the decisive factor.

Regards, Ruud
rdingem@grafix.xs4all.nl

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