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From: vkr@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu (Vidhyanath K. Rao)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 2090 HDdisk.device
Message-ID: <651@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu>
Date: 4 Jul 88 20:12:03 GMT
References: <1196.AA1196@heimat>
Organization: Ohio State Math-Stats Dept
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In article <1196.AA1196@heimat>, sneakers@heimat.UUCP (Dan "Sneakers" Schein) writes:
>[...] it is also highly likley that 1 person in each user group has access to
> one of the other commercial database services. 
This whole thread started because somebody was trying to get hold of a device
driver but didn't know where to look. It may be in comp.*.amiga but I don't 
know. 
> It seems to me that you may have forgot that CBM is on BIX to support the
> Amiga Developer. Any support they give on UseNet, other commercial 
> database(s), or a BBS is purely above and beyond the call of duty! 
The whole discussion is about the support the non-developer gets. The parallel
threads about dealer quality etc refelct this. I would like to (but not going
to now: I will be away for several weeks.) survey the net as to how many are
'semi-sophisticated' users: cabable of doing minor fix-ups, but lack the time
and the will to be a developer. The goodwill of these is essential if Amiga
is to penetrate the educational market. I personally prefer the Amiga 
envoirment for TeX, Maple, TrueBasic etc. But as things stand, I have qulams
about recommending Amiga for the university. The question is does anybody
care if this is to change. I am sick of this discussion and personally don't
care anymore. At least as long as my software collection stands still while
I write-off my Amiga.