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Offline Doppie1200

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Re: State of the Amiga, 2007
« on: May 23, 2007, 07:14:26 PM »
I've been employed in the industrie for some years now and I can tell you there is zero demand for Amiga. There is no gap to fill there is no problem that Amiga can solve. There are plenty Operating Systems that did not go astray the last couple of years and enjoy serious support. Amiga is hobbyism; learn to live with it.

Stop wasting time :horse:
Fire up your amiga and do where she's good at. Play SWOS or something....sheejs :shrug:.....
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Re: State of the Amiga, 2007
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2007, 09:39:01 PM »
These days I use photoshop and I never looked back at Dpaint. Personal preference I guess. But really the amiga has no technology to offer anymore.

As for drilling? You mean oil drilling? I've seen a pretty impresive training tool for oil platform workers. But it is based on the playstation.
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Re: State of the Amiga, 2007
« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2007, 06:50:45 PM »
Mallette:
Going completely of topic but the topic is useless anyway;

Very cool application you describe there. The application that was demonstrated to me had the goal to train drilling platform workers on-shore.

The idea was that they could move around in a 3d-world that is a 100% replica of the drilling platform where they are going to be stationed. This way they could get to know the environment in an interactive way. The whole application was to run on a playstation based platform so it would be very easy to produce and maintain.

I doubt this project has amiga roots.

Those concerned:
Back to the topic.

This is my view and this is the last thread I'll post this. The story is in danger of getting older than my car.

Amiga had a innovative leading edge (in 1984 remember this!)
Commodore couldn't sell water in the desert and bought Amiga
Commodore milked amiga for all it was worth.
Commodore went bust in (was it 1993?)
Amiga did not have the innovative leading edge
Amiga stood still since then.
Amiga lost fame and name since then.
So, if something is resurrected and manages to fill a niche market it is not a very good idea to call it Amiga.
Since I think there is no problem to solve and no demand to satisfy Amiga will remain as is.

One word on DPaint. It runs fine on my A1200, if it is that great I can highly recommend the machine. There is no need to create a new amiga. The old one is sufficient.
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