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; > 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.

With this much hostility I'm not surprised - as the old saying goes, 
you'll catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.."

: >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.

This brings me back to the benefits of cross-platfrom ability....I don't 
have either a Mac or a PC, nor do I want either.  But I would like to be 
able to bring work home and continue it.  That's why I'm glad C= added 
CrossDos, that's why I installed SS, that's why I'm glad Softwood is 
adding RTF to FW5.

: >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. 

Well, I'm cerainly glad I don't fit your stereotype.

: >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.

Give 'em hell when they quit...encourage them beforehand.  Developers are 
in business, and tho' many will stick it out as long as they're able, 
what really encourages them is to see continued purchases...see what 
happened with Mike Smithwick?  Not one Amiga sale in months, zip, no more 
Distant Suns.  You might say, there'll be nothing to buy from Scala....I 
disagree...I just bought MM400, and am looking forward with confidence to 
a resurgent Amiga platform, the PowerAmi.


: > You can't _BE_ an Amiga
: >developer if you think the future is elsewhere.

True.

: >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. 

Based on your first sentence above, sounds like you did too.

: >How can you even say Antique Amiga Hardware with a straight face?

The context of the word Antique was a positive one....as in, a 10 year 
old A500 is still able to outshine a much newer PC with the benefit of 
fine software like Scala.  You have changed the thought to discussing the 
currency of the architecture.  You're right, the base PC is 15 years old 
or more....I wouldn't call it antique, it's antiquated!  However, 
miracles have been done with it by throwing huge amounts of procesor 
speed, RAM and HD space at it.  Clearly, the only area that the Amiga 
seriously has fallen behind in is processor speed.  This wil be addressed 
in the PA.

; >I'm 
: >pretty sick of guys like you who claim to be Amiga people just to 
: >distract others from the truth.

Take a pill...I'm not trying to distract anyone, merely to defend a fine 
company, and to encourage them to stay in the Ami market if at all 
possible.  I've seen opinionated diatribes like this drive other longtime 
Amiga companies into saying "who needs this crap?"....you do more harm 
than good, regardless how sincere your affection for the Ami.  Read John 
Chang's response to see if this is not true.

I've spent over ten grand on my Amiga setup in the last 12 months...I'll 
spend a further $4-5,000 in the next 6 months.  That's what I call 
support.  I also spend a good deal of my time advocating the Amiga's 
strengths to PC'ers, the school board where I work, and in print.  I 
further have made a very conscious effort to assist the Amiga
retail/wholesale/developer community by acting as a bit of a catalyst.

I think this is much more useful than scurrilous attacks on remaining 
Amiga vendors. Any further comment on this subject should be directed to 
comp.sys.amiga.advocacy, as it's strayed a long way from multimedia.  By 
the way, I don't read c.s.a.a.  It's too full of this kind of time 
wasting bitching.
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	Steve Bowie ad636@torfree.net 
	North York, Ontario, Canada
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