CompuServe Messages

Jerry, Once again you and I share many of the same points of view regarding the viability of the Amiga as a niche machine. I think the point most relevant (and the one we tend to overlook) about Escom's decision is the fact that we in North America are NOT their primary market. This flys in the face of our arrogance in thinking we are the sole market in which a computer technology needs to capture in order to succeed. Your deft observation of Escom's view of the market in Europe is right on target. They don't need to appease the North American market's appetite for new technology that's cheaper/faster/better every six months. Here again, we all need to understand that the Euro marketplace is much different than ours and is likely going to be the primary support arena. This means that development of software for the NTSC version of the machine will lag behing the PAL version, as will software for same. to put it bluntly..We will just have to learn to suck hind tit. In the end, I think that this will be good for the Amiga technology as it will allow it to survive in an environment with a broad market which will encourage a larger number of independent developers (albeit European). With all due respect to your opinion about the run up of Amiga 4000's resale value by virtue of people like you and I who purchased "back up" machines, I disagree. Plainly Newtek's Video Toaster has been (and likely will continue to be inspite of what they may say publicly about their commitment to entering the PC marketplace) the impotice for the relative value of Amigas new or used. Frank