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to: CAREY BLOODWORTH
from: KEN WAUGH
date: 1997-07-13 14:18:00
subject: Re: fork for watcom

 CB> But of course, I should point out.... The amiga's a dead platform. 
 CB> Even after the first burial, several companies tried to do a
 CB> Frankenstein's monster on it and it just ended up getting buried again.
 CB>  It's time to let it rest in piece(s).
Ever heard of Gateway 2000 ? South Dakota, fortune 500 ? Just snubbed their 
nose at a M/S buyout ?
They just aquired Amiga and have already released 2 licenses for development. 
It's far from dead... Actually the Ami emblem should now be the Phoenix..
Don't tell Disney it's dead !... They have ami's running most of those 
animated shows ie: Temple of doom !
Babylon 5 about a space station. Guess what !.. Amigas have a big part in 
that.
The time for picking up amigas at bargain basement prices is over. They're 
back in the game..
The specs for the newest Ami would make you drool... Check out Gateway on the 
Inet.. The last press release showed some specs, not all of where Ami is 
headed in hardware, no actual prices yet, but I'd guess still way below 
anything MS produces...
Oh and as an afterthought since this has been going on as long as I've had 
the Amiga FILE echoes turned on. My BBS has been recieving @14.4k since about 
10am till now 2pm newly released shareware programs. And this happens weekly 
at worst. daily at best...
Amiga is far from dead...
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