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#Multitasking

#: 123768 S13/Off the CuffForum unknown
    11-May-88 16:30:10
Sb: #123727-#Multitasking
Fm: Henry Colonna 74726,3216
To: Ben Blish 72667,1341

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My point is that the Amiga isn't perfect in all areas. I think I've found a hole that's covered up in marketing strategies. You can rest assured that I won't ask you for software advice. After word processing for over 5 years (including at a lawyer's office using dedicated IBM word processors on lasers and ultra-fast daisy wheels) WordPerfect is by far and away the very best product I have ever seen for serious word processing. nothing even comes close, including everything I've seen on the IBM and Mac (and I took a serious look at MS Word and MS Write and WordStar). I was also very impressed with Maxxiplan Plus. Considering that you don't even own WordPerfect I wish you'd stop badmouthping them. But, no matter what, considering that you don't think much of either of these programs,$ % MONNCI Network connection interrupted, possible data loss. [Attached, running] Henry, But it is indicative of their entire mentality at the time when marble Madness was released. It is now only indicative of their mentality in the games area. No, I don't bash EA because it's "in". I bash them because they continue to put out half finished programs that crash my machine, or would crash it if I ever ran them. I have games from other companies that behave like they should. Shanghai and Mindwalker are my favourites, and they don't crash the machine… they multitask and let me exit them to my normal environment. If other companies can do it, so can EA. EA has publicly stated here on the forum that they might not have room for some of the digitized sounds if they put in analog stick support. I think this attitude is reprehensible. Trading off proper realistic control in favour of glitz (and copy protection) does nothing to raise my opinion of them. -larry