CompuServe Messages

Steven, and you demonstrate the other side of the coin. I do have to disagree with holding up WordIMPerfect as an example. I never could stand the program, even on an IBM. It looked like a kludge, ran like a kludge, felt like a kludge. You couldn't get Final Copy from me except by prying it from my cold dead fingers. It isn't perfect, but I don't need a manual to fly it. We do have some decent packages, but I have yet to see a fantastic piece of software out that a normal user could appreciate. I'm not a video type so all the neat stuff from GVP, Black Belt, etc. just passes me by. 24 bit video? That's nice, what use is it for me? Pretty much the same applies to all the niche applications for this machine. When I bought my first Amiga in '85, I only purchased it for the multi-tasking. Since then, that has been it's only saving grace since they are still trying to get it right in IBM- and Mac-land . It was only recently that I began to see clipboard support as a "standard". Why? This standard was in my V1.1 RKM's. Then we had the rush to ARexx, but you have to be, pretty much, a programmer to operate it. I sure as heck wouldn't inflict it on my mother. She can code Fortran, but ARexx is downright weird, at times. What I'm trying to say here, is I see quite a few good ideas that we have established for this machine and they seem to dangle out there for years. When we do implement them as standards, you need a Sc.D. to operate them, or get conflicting information. Furthermore, the good applications we do have, with few exceptions either aren't robust enough to draw anyone to this machine, are limited to a niche, or quality control sucks rocks. I am not a cheap Amiga user. I put a lot of money in the pockets of shareware and commercial developers, but I frequently ask myself: Why? What am I getting? Even when I pay $429 for a package, it has bugs. Something is wrong with this picture. Brian <continued>