| From: | Adam Bell |
| Date: | 11 Aug 2000 at 13:12:21 |
| Subject: | Re: Amiga Piracy |
> 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.
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