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In <Pine.SGI.3.91.960412060042.9133C-100000@brook>, Joe Rothman <hardware@insti.physics.sunysb.edu> writes:
>Although I don't wear Dave Haynie's shows I am in worse shows than his. I 
>too have been involved with the Amiga market for more than ten years. The 
>difference is that I have never made anywhere near what Dave must have 
>made in his hayday, nor have I switched platforms. I have always said 
>that I would rather starve than to switch switch to the PC or the Mac and 
>I've come pretty darn close to doing so. Dave isn't the only one who has 
>had car and money problems you know. I respect everyone right to choose 
>their future employment path, what computer they own etc., but I don't 
>agree with those who give up on the Amiga no matter how compelling their 
>reasons. I especially disagree with those who have purchased Macs or PC's 
>because they perceive them as HIP computers. It's one thing to be forced 
>to work with those piles of junk, and quite another to bring one into 
>your home. In my opinion, multi-platformer who claim to be Amiga 
>loyalists are just plain full of crap. You can devide your attention 
>between two or more platforms and still claim to be supporting the Amiga. 
>Every penny spent on another platform is a penny taken out of the pocket 
>of a deserving Amiga developer. Scala's problems, are not necessarily 
>Scala's fault, but quitters deserve what they get. You can't _BE_ an Amiga
>developer if you think the future is elsewhere. Also, Scala did some 
>pretty dumb things when it came to their dealer base. Like so many other 
>companies, they placed their trust in the wrong people and got screwed. 
>I'm hoping they survive, but experience tells me that thay have given up 
>on the Amiga. Like so many other former Amiga developers, the 
>perception of greener grass on the other side of the fence is just too 
>much form them to resist. Someone will step up to the plate while they 
>are distracted and destroy whatever chance they had to survive the hard 
>times. If you want your local grocery store to survive, you don't go 
>shopping at the supermarket ten miles away. If you do, and the 
>neighborhood guy goes out of business, you have no one to blame but 
>yourself. You can't have your cake and eat it too.

>How can you even say the phrase Antique Amiga Hardware with a straight face?
>PC's are just Volkswagen Beetles with big engines. The OS sucks and 
>everone knows it. The basic architecture is ten years older than the 
>Amiga's. Look how long it too Scala to make MM100PC into a product. I'm 
>pretty sick of guys like you who claim to be Amiga people just to 
>distract others from the truth. Just because Scala put more effort into 
>the PC version than the Amiga version does not mean the Amiga isn't 
>worthy of the effort. It doesn't mean the Amiga can't do better than 
>Scala is capable of making it do. i.e. Scala still doesn't support text 
>over HAM mode graphics, even though others have solved the flaging 
>problem. All it means is that Scala didn't care enough to fix it.

>They didn't release a dongle-less version because they are nice guys, 
>they did it because they needed the money to continue their PC development.
>It's pretty obvious that they didn't sink that money into further Amiga 
>development.

>Scala is already dead unless they start to build their market instead of 
>tearing it down, which is what they have been doing for the last several 
>years.

Well, since it appears that you have had years of experience in the "business",
perhaps you can outline a business plan that will keep Scala growing,
profitable and secure in the marketplace?  You've got at least me
interested in a possible solution.  Prove it.  I'm listening.



Regards,

John Chang
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