#WSJ-PC of future-Not Amy
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General interest to ALL:
In the last month or so, a couple of articles have appeared in the Wall Street
Journal concerning the future of computing. Generally speaking, they have
discussed Video as a key element in the information processing needs of the
future. In neither of the two articles that I have seen, has there been any
mention of the Amiga as the machine of tomorrow today (gaaak, what a cliche,
but we all know it IS true!).
The first article discussed how a future historian studying late 20th century
communications might take snippets from the movie "Broadcast News", clips from
an annual meeting from Fujitsu Corp. a multicolor chart of AT&Ts stock price
and market share, the Talking Heads' Speaking in Tongues album, and the very
article itself, and merge them into an hour-long presentation along with his
own speculations and written commentary. Clearly the computer of the future
that can handle much (if not all) of this today, is the Amiga!
The second article discusses the future of Video in PCs along with either
CD-Interactive or Digital Video Interactive (DVI) to present simulations for
games, training programs, education, and Hypermedia-like access to references
and to Music. Examples given include efforts to translate Games like Sargon
Chess, Clue (based on the board game version), Interactive Golf and Rocket
Ranger. Children's programs including Bible stories, Musical Theatre, and A
visit to Sesame street. References including Encyclopedias and Museum
Exhibits.
Now, correct me if I am wrong, folks, but hasn't some of this been done already
on the Amiga? I mean, Rocket Ranger?!?!!! I have that one at home. Museums?
Commodore is a sponsor of and has supplied Amigas for a presentation of the
Smithsonian on the constitution, I believe it is. Point is, I think this guy
is about due for a letter-writing campaign educating him about the Amiga.
Opinions?
–Gabe
Gabe, are letter-writing campaigns going to keep the Amiga afloat? Seems to me
most major journals like WSJ are prepped to avoid even considering alternate
computer systems; particularly one as "subversive" as the Amiga (just think,
you can have a CLI *and* a mouse-driven icon interface; how dare they?!). Fact
is, the American appetite has gone suburbia again, we'll be lucky if people
don't start putting fig leaves back on all the statues again within the next
three years. The IBM is like a Chevy Nova; there are *hundreds* of other cars
much classier, better performing, more quality for the price, more reliability
for the price, etc. But people are going to go for the Nova year in and year
out, because it's a Chevy. For awhile there back there, people in this country
got *a little* smarter; but that was beaten out of us by too many Reagan years
followed by the boredom of Bush-land. I guess IBM's got it all and we might as
well give up and roll up the carpets.
sw