Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!sugar!karl From: karl@sugar.uu.net (Karl Lehenbauer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Desktop III USAF Contract Message-ID: <2688@sugar.uu.net> Date: 27 Sep 88 17:38:27 GMT References: <4154@louie.udel.EDU> <604@afit-ab.arpa> <9389@cup.portal.com> Organization: Sugar Land Unix - Houston, TX Lines: 12 In article <9389@cup.portal.com>, thad@cup.portal.com writes: > Re: Ashton-Tate and others porting product to 680x0 architecture: > Far fewer 3B1/7300/UNIX-PC have been sold than have Amigas, yet there was > NO hesitancy on the part of Ashton-Tate, Microsoft, etc. porting their > product to THAT machine. Why the delay porting to the Amiga? Because the 3B1 port would be the basis for ports to other Unix systems, such as the 386, while the Amiga port would be entirely Amiga- specific. -- -- "Insert the disk at your own risk." -- Firesign Theater -- uunet!sugar!karl, Unix BBS (713) 438-5018