| From: | Martin Baute |
| Date: | 15 Sep 2000 at 20:35:36 |
| Subject: | Re: AMIOPEN: Absence of VP in distros, and strategy |
Hello Jim
On 14-Sep-00, you wrote:
> Just in case I'm out on a limb - can someone from Amiga tell me if
> I've got all of this wrong - I'm not the only one believing in all of
> this, am I ?
No, you aren�t. WE do believe. The whole point of my argument was
that Microsoft is endangered by the very fluidity you are describing.
We should be aware that Redmond will try everything in their might
to make Amiga fail, as soon as they recognize us being a threat to
them. This might include providing versions of their well-respected
apps (please note the sarcasm here) in x86 binaries only. This might
kill competitors who would also provide VP binaries; by effectively
narrowing down the market to x86 CPUs (Windows playground) this
could be a way of killing the Ami before it takes off.
*I* do believe Ami can be a success. I just wanted to point out that
there *is* a danger that companies might provide CPU specific binaries
only, and we should be aware of that.
Regards
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