| From: | Paul Hill |
| Date: | 11 Aug 2000 at 16:47:53 |
| Subject: | Re: Amiga Piracy |
Adam Bell wrote:
>
> > Indeed. I think since the demise of Commodore it has really been the
> > 'bedroom coders' that have kept the computer going. Believe it or
> not, the
>
> Yeah, I'm a bit disappointed I haven't written as much I could have.
>
> > Spectrum market is not totally dead at all. A quick glance on the
> World Of
>
> I can believe it. People take the piss out me for preferring the
> Amiga, and are shocked when I tell 'em I have a new one on order. It
> is the same with the C64, Atari and Acorn. Don't Atari have big
> reappearing plans in the pipeline.
>
> > Spectrum shows that software is still being released for it.
> However, if the
> > Amiga is to become a mainstream machine again, we do really need
> commercial
> > software - stuff that we can justify advertising in places other
> than Amiga
>
> True but again Linux and BeOS are doing good off non-commericial
> stuff.
>
> > You got that right :-) The only thing I like from MS Office is
> Access. It
> > may not be the most powerful DBMS available - but it's almost
> certainly the
> > easiest to use, that I've used anyway.
>
> Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargghhhhhhh!!! I hate Access. I prefer to write
> full dbase systems in FoxPro (not visual). ATM during my time away
> from uni I'm working as a systems analyst working with others to
> produces a site database in Oracle with the frontend through a web
> browser with WebDB. Developing in a Web browsers is a pain in the
> arse having to put up with the refreshes that are required.
Aaaaaaaaarrrggghhh!!!! I hate FoxPro (DOS, windows & visual). Part of my job
envolves programming the thing. Then again our DOS FoxPro systems are a hell
of a lot reliable than our VB / SQL / WWW systems...
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