@calen
"While this may be another debate, piracy help shift alot of Amiga's, sad but true."
That actually ties in perfectly with this debate I think.
While I agree that many people went out and bought Amigas because of the fact that their best mate/cousin/uncle or whoever would let them copy all their software, it was still one of the things that helped kill the Amiga.
While it was great at the start, with Commodore's tills ringing all year round, ultimately developers just got fed up and left. And can you blame them? Net result - diminishing software support = fewer machines purchased = financial woes for Commodore.
Finally, I wouldn't totally agree that it was Commodore's fault all the way. They did do some things right - surviving in the face of all that competition from the clone makers was just never going to be easy...