CompuServe Messages

Rob, It's truly a shame that TB will stop supporting the Amiga, but in reality that support has long been missing. The release of the first Amiga version was lacking in any serious support other than the app itself which wasn't a fully compatible program. It was quickly left behind when the 680×0 processors became so prevalent and TB would crash and burn on them, yet TB made no serious effort to upgrade the product until the recent release of the Student Edition. Unfortunately, that release did not come with the needed library and runtime support. It was too little too late and I suspect they no longer had much share of the Amiga basic language market (if there even is one, anymore!) I would bet the decision was made like at WordPerfect. Not enough sales to justify continued product support and development. TB was a good product, but it needed something more than it had to be a viable competitor. The experience goes to prove something many software developers have yet to learn: If you want to impact the market for your product, you need to have a product that stands out for its excellence, uniqueness, and superiority rather than just another run of the mill competitors. I believe this was Wordperfect's downfall and it's probably true for TB, as well.