Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cbmvax!rutgers!mailrus!ames!haven!uvaarpa!virginia!kesmai!dca From: dca@kesmai.COM (David C. Albrecht) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Desktop III USAF Contract Message-ID: <185@kesmai.COM> Date: 27 Sep 88 04:31:03 GMT References: <4154@louie.udel.EDU> <604@afit-ab.arpa> <9389@cup.portal.com> Organization: Kesmai Corporation, Charlottesville, VA Lines: 20 In article <9389@cup.portal.com>, thad@cup.portal.com writes: > dBASE III has been released for the AT&T 3B1 (aka UNIX-PC aka 7300) for > some time. > Microsoft WORD has also been ported to the 3B1. > I also have Supercomp 20 and MultiPlan on the 3B1. These are all documented > in the nice red AT&T slipcases, etc. > 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? > First off the 3b1 was a 5K plus machine, not a $800 machine. Even so, though I have no proof to back this guess up, but I would wager that AT&T paid big bucks to get those people to port their stuff to the 7300. I would be surprised to hear otherwise. Even big names will listen if you wave money in their face up front. AT&T also lost its shirt on the 7300 series for many reasons. Commodore hardly needs to emulate that performance. David Albrecht