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In <4ktd4c$k1e@reader2.ix.netcom.com>, apierre@ix.netcom.com(Anthony R Pierre) writes:

>I am sorry Mr. Chang for my myopic view of Scala and the Amiga. Don't
>get me wrong. I enjoy Scala and think that it is a wonderful program. I
>really don't like using PC's, but as we know, the world doen't run on
>Amiga's. Watching all the Amiga developers disappear over the last 9yrs
>(for me) is not positive. I have an Opalvision board that served me
>well, but no modules. I also bought it because a Scala rep told me at
>the last WOA in NY, that it would be supported. Nothing. Now, MM400
>will be the last upgrade for the Amiga as we know it. With Viscorp in
>the picture now, who knows what will happen. Scala is in the business
>to make money. I have no problem with that at all. But that still
>doesn't change the way I feel about being someone that has supported
>Scala and now will be basically abandoned.

Thank you for your kind comments about our products.

You are certainly entitled to your opinions Mr. Pierre, but I think you
are jumping to conclusions as to support and development of Scala
products for the Amiga.  There is a great deal that you do not know and
things that I cannot tell you.  As the old saying goes, "Don't count
your chickens until they hatch."

We, the Amiga and computing community at large, cetainly don't have enough
valid information about VisCorp, nor their intentions with the Amiga platform.
Spending $40 million is a hefty investment for any corporation, especially
for a small one like VisCorp.  I believe they know where Commodore went
wrong, and I can say that they are not going to make the same mistakes,
at least not deliberately.

Hmm, I suppose my time and effort corresponding here in the newsgroups,
CompuServe, IRC sessions are unappreciated?  Especially the IRC sessions,
which I conduct on *MY* time and on *MY* Internet account, not the 
company's.  What does that mean to you in terms of support by a multimedia
company that still supprts the Amiga?  How many other "Amiga" companies do
this on a regular basis?  Have you even had the chance to read the Amiga
Report on the Scala IRC sessions?  What do you think half the engineering staff,
here at Scala, were part of?  If you say, "The majority of the Amiga software
 engineering staff at Commodore".  Bingo!  You get the booby prize! :)  That's
right, the company's "blood" is half Amiga!

Well, if you and others continue with this "doom and gloom" attitude, I'll
just move on to more rewarding efforts.  And as Forrest Gump would say,
"That's all I have to say about that."



Regards,

John Chang
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