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Re: A bright future for Amiga?
« on: October 26, 2003, 10:55:45 AM »
Looking at the numbers of users coming in, and those getting more and more
comfortable with WinXP/OSX/Linux, I would say it is +/-0 at best ....

How many of those coming in, com in expecting a "new Amiga" ?
You know something capable of running their old games (outside UAE that is),
something affordable with HW including a big "wow" ?

How many of those will be ready to live with just RTG-SW ? SW they often never
used back in their days ? How many will be prepared to spit out >1000Euro (full sys) ?

Sorry,but there simple must be much more than is offered by both sides atm
to make a dent in the desktop-market.
1. Make an announcment.
2. Wait a while.
3. Check if it can actually be done.
4. Wait for someone else to do it.
5. Start working on it while giving out hillarious progress-reports.
6. Deny that you have ever announced it
7. Blame someone else
 

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Re: A bright future for Amiga?
« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2003, 05:37:34 PM »
@lempkee

And where would we be without Phase5 ? Without all the Blizzards, Cyberstorms ?
Without the Cybervision and CGX ?

Have a look at the Atari-scene to get a clue .....

Do you really think laire or Garda made a fortune with the P5-bancruptsy ?
Think again, they have been victims of that, even to a far bigger extent than
everybody. Before you reply, it would be good if you could check out how
Phase5 was organized (hint more than 1 company), and who managed to get
his head out while he was 90% responsible for the mess.

The connection between Genesi is far weaker than the one between AInc and
Hyperion/Eyetech (Genesi can just change to another production-line), and
AInc is just as bad if not worse than DCE.

I choose to stick on the blue side, cos those are the people who made it
possible that Amiga didn't turn 100% retro in 1995 or so.
1. Make an announcment.
2. Wait a while.
3. Check if it can actually be done.
4. Wait for someone else to do it.
5. Start working on it while giving out hillarious progress-reports.
6. Deny that you have ever announced it
7. Blame someone else