Re: Amiga no more


The Hornet wrote:

> >You may not shed a tear, but I guarantee that you would expel a few
> >expletives, because like it or not, it is a fact of life that MS
> >products enable businesses and individuals like none other.
>
> Only because there is none other.

Yes, I think that was my point :)

> The fact that Linux (which is, in my
> humble opinion, basically still a developer/programmer's platform) is
> gaining popularity is directly a result of people's dissatisfaction
> with The Microsoft Juggerrnaut. Just wait until someone comes out with
> a decent Linux GUI and hassle-free software installation routines.
> Microsoft should worry...

I have nothing against Linux, but as you say, it has the perception of
being a developer/geek platform. It has a long, long way to go before
it becomes anywhere near as well accepted as Windows is. So far MS has
easily withstood the presures from Linux, Apple, Beos, Amiga, et al.

And yes, no doubt if MS were to disappear tomorrow then others would
eventually file the void. But that ain't too likely to happen as long
as people continue to want MS's products.

> >You don't have to. MS makes tools. I enjoy what my tools allow me to
> >create. YMMV.
>
> Yeah but my point is that while Atari and Commodore also made tools I
> enjoyed using, I also loved the companies as companies.

As did I. But I have since outgrown being satisfied with posessing a
cool toy from a unique company for the sheer novelty alone. Today I
want a tool that allows me to *do* cool things. The badge on the front
of the tool is irrelevant to me. IMHO, the day I forget that I'm using
a computer to achieve my goals is the day the computer will have come
of age. Again, YMMV (Your Mileage May Vary).

> Even today
> that sort of thing exists. AMD or Intel? Nvidia or ATI? Nike or
> Sketchers? These companies know that product quality is important but
> once the quality is there, they need something to make the consumer
> choose their product over the other one. Brand name loyalty is
> important to them because they are in competition with the other brand
> names. Microsoft vs...who? Nobody. And Microsoft knows it.

Do you think that AMD, Intel, Nvidia, and Nike wouldn't give their left
nut to be in Microsoft's position? Microsoft have products that are so
successful that their competition can't get a toehold in the market.
There *are* other operating systems and other office suites out there,
so it's not like MS have a monopoly. But people actually *choose* MS
products over their competition's products. That sounds suspiciously
like brand loyalty to me.

> And they use it against the consumer...

Against? In what way? By giving them what they want?

> >> I think it's obvious that the AmigaOne (probably along with OS4) is
> >> truly a dead-end.
> >
> >Don't let Terry hear you say that :)
>
> He knows it. It's just that so much virtriol and bull*** has been
> slung around here that by now he isn't going to let somebody have the
> satisfaction of saying "see, I told you so..."

Perhaps some of that vitriol has been triggered because Terry
pig-headedly insists upon what everybody (including himself, if you are
correct) knows to be nonsense.


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Gary Beeton

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