#AMI IN FEDERAL OFFICES
25-May-89 23:00:42
Sb: #50180-#AMI IN FEDERAL OFFICES
Fm: Ethan Solomita 70137,3271
To: Ray Lewis 76057,467
What you say about the Amiga becoming popular does sort of ring true. It
has been a fight from the beginning. Its exciting to crusade for what's right,
and to be able to be smugly superior and correct in so being. Assuming (as I
do) that the Amiga will (eventually) become a big-name machine, it will be
hard.
The idea of CBM giving a machine to Boeing, although apparently obvious,
seems to be a PERFECT way of introducing it to people who are unfamiliar with
it. I know that there are some people where I work (with Citicorp) who might be
interested in buying one. Currently, they've wasted, IMHO, tons of money on Sun
386i. Before Larry comes down on me like a ton of bricks, the Sun is a great
machine, but it is being used primarily for Lotus and WordPerfect MS/DOS! The
whole thing is being networked.
What if CBM had offered to a group like ours looking to network a 2500UX?
Things might have been somewhat different. Also, Commodore should get off its
high-horse that all products should have a commodore label on them and sell an
A2525 with a 25 MHz GVP 68030 board. Everything I've heard rates them
exceptional, the fastest thing on a PC. There is nothing better available, and
for a demanding unix system (as it is inherently a multi-user system) speed is
of the essence!
— Ethan P.S. Was there any common thread to this message?????