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In article <singh-1405952302380001@pool1-032.wwa.com>, singh@wwa.com
(singh) wrote:

> I admire the people who can stand by the Amiga. It's a great machine,
unbelievable clever design.  But I don't see what's wrong with having
different tools for different applications.  The attractiveness of Scala
for PC and Lightwave for PC can't be ignored, so much so that I intend to
get a PC as soon as I get a full time job (I'm doing freelance now.)  For
instance: while I would always do Modeling (Lightwave) on the amiga, I'd
prefer to render on a pc. Time is money and a pentium is faster than an
> lerator for the Amiga.  Likewise, Scala PC does things the Amiga
chipsets don't currently allow.  Think of it
....
> I hope this doesn't upset anyone -- it is merely my two cents on the
matter and worth about that. People should just use what they  need to use
and or like to use and not fault other people for doing the same.  I have
no compunction about using a chair with casters and zipping around from
machine to machine to machine.

I've always tought that: use the right tools. I've been using Amiga for
what is good (fast realtime animation creation and playback, easy
integration of graphics & video, intuitive multimedia authoring) but I use
also Macs (real and emulated) for those things that aren't so well
supported: DTP, Web authoring, Netscape... Like many around the c.s.a.
groups, my relation to the Amiga is highly sentimental since we've seen it
grow and in my case at least it has made us grow too, both intellectually
and work wise; this doesn't make me blind to its obvious shortcomings
today in respect to everybody else. What really PISSES me off, however, is
seeing the preponderance of the GatesBoxes, and maybe more the stupidity
of companies that rest on their laurels and lose everything (Apple,
C=)...  Seems in a couple of years it will be Windows or else...
Now all this VisCorp buyout stuff has really made me think: what if Amiga
truly goes down this time? Will I have to invest more time and money on a
system that is also on the verge of disaster (Mac)? Or will I have to
cringe and make Bill a few thousand dollars richer? What's next, wearing
uniforms and chant "Start me up" while marching in step to buy Doom7...?
Sorry for the 'optimist' and out of topic post...

-- 
Victor Vargas G.  €Amiga 3D animation & video graphics/Mac DTP€