CompuServe Messages

First, may I assure you that Tim has not made a career change. I hope to have some better things to announce on the upgrade issues later today (sigh of great personal relief, here). My experience with companies, especially in the Amiga market, has been that there are frequently offerings of forthcoming (not finished yet) upgrades at special prices, and on several occasions I paid my money and waited. The result was that I paid substantially less than those who did not buy until the upgrade was in release. The code for LW on all the platforms is substantially the same, so no, Amiga owners are not subsidizing ports and getting nothing in return. They are buying a product. Product profits always roll back into development, since if they didn't, there would never be new products or improvements to old ones. We have devoted a lot of effort and expense to developing a product line for future that will not be held hostage to the fate of any one other company or platform, over this last year. We are at the point of success on this, and the result will be that NewTek will be here to support and upgrade our products for all our product owners on all platforms, including the Amiga, for a great long time to come. Would you prefer we had elected the alternative of so many other companies in the Amiga market, and simply folded the tents and walked away from the orphans? I think not, and I'm sure once we get through the remaining rough spots and "educational experiences", the outcome will be well worth the effort, for all involved. I will pass your comments along to management, and appreciate your taking the time to comment on what is a very important issue for Lightwave owners. Chuck.