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randyj@randy.oac.osc.edu (Randy Jackson) writes:
>Burned?  In what way?  And why transfer an Amiga-based policy to (all) 
>other platforms?  

All I expected for WP/Amiga was the same thing I now expect for
WP/NeXT-- free bug upgrades (which I got, sometimes) and non-free
feature upgrades to bring my WP up to the level of the DOS version.
It seemed like the Amiga version was being outdone by the DOS version
left and right.  Then I read in the WP Journal that WP Corp. would
officially drop support of the Amiga.  Based on the upgrades becoming
most trivial (some new silly file requestor with a spinning barbell
graphic is not my idea of an upgrade of any sort) and the bug fixes no
longer coming, I had thought that WP stopped Amiga support long before
they announced it (approximately one year before, if I remember
correctly what I was thinking back then).

Now, I see that the Windows version is getting all the glory and all
the snazzy new stuff, while the perfectly capable NeXT platform
receives nothing.  To me, this is being burned by WP.

There was a time where Amiga users basically had to beg for simple bug
upgrades and getting WP to actually pay attention to Intuition
standards when developing their Amiga product.  I don't have time to
play that silly game with the NeXT version.

WP is okay, but as it is on the NeXT, it is certainly not something I
would even consider dashing off a quick letter to anyone upon.  I also
don't want to get too much into it if WP won't support it later on.

I realize that since WP/NeXT isn't generating the sales that
(probably) both NeXT and WP Corp. wished it would, WP Corp. is
reluctant to support it, but I think that they should have put up a
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-- Jeff (jeffo@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu)
-- No NeXTmail please