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    23-Nov-91 00:00:28
Fm: Jim Ogilvie 72657,3437
To: Syndesis 76004,1763
John… As I said, the product failed because it failed to address the special needs and interface considerations of the Amiga platform. The product failed for that reason, and a host of others. The reasons are the fault of WP Corp, and no one else. Further, it is WP Corp that could have fixed those problems, but failed to have the foresight to do so. I am not abdicating that they continue to sell an unprofitable product on (what YOU call) an unpopular platform. I am merely stating that WP Corp should (have) addressed the specific needs of the platform in order to make their product more popular. Concering the 60 day story…it is the development costs that were claimed to be recovered by WP Corp. in the initial 60 days. You can't take into consideration the original PC code as part of the development cost, because as was pointed out, all projects are self-financed. They are inter-related in no way. Anyways, John, as far as looking like a PC-duck and acting like a PC-duck, that's the kind of thinking that gets a WP type company into trouble. Does the Mac version of WP look like a PC port? Jim – Signed, sealed, Whapped!