doug@ctc.contel.com (Doug Whitehead x4149) (01/23/90)
My problem is not a new one. I am having difficulty convincing management to allow me an Amiga. We have Macs galore, and several Sun workstations. I am in an R&D group specializing in HCI (Human Computer Interfaces) and AI (Artificial Intelligence. I have tried, bringing in Amy and running PD Demos and a direct manipulation graphics interface I produced while at school. I have argued the Amiga is a better performance/price platform than
doug@ctc.contel.com (Doug Whitehead x4149) (01/23/90)
My problem is not a new one. I am having difficulty convincing management to allow me an Amiga. We have Macs galore, and several Sun workstations. I am in an R&D group specializing in HCI (Human Computer Interfaces) and AI (Artificial Intelligence. I have tried, bringing in Amy and running PD Demos and a direct manipulation graphics interface I produced while at school. I have argued the Amiga is a better performance/price platform than other machines. I have informed them the Amiga is capable of running applications from IBM-PC, Macintosh, and Unix worlds. The problem I encounter seems much the same one that the Mac had at first: business want everybody to have the same machine. 1) The organization knows how to support/purchase/use a Mac. 2) Software (especially Network based) may or may not work. Also, the Amiga is not taken seriously. My planned solution to this problem is to take advantage of a benifit and buy an A3000. The company will pay half if I can convince them it is actually a Mac clone. I will keep it at work and return the Mac IIcx allocated to me. (The Mac is ok, but graphics are a bit static, also I hate the way the OS desk accessories try to do things behind your back, so you have to try to guess what it is doing to correct a problem. But I digress...) I hope the X windows on the Amiga is fast, as X is important here. I hope my day-to-day use will generate the attention this machine deserves. (i.e. You don't need a Sparcstation to do graphics intensive work, such as X) If anyone else has a suggestion as to how to foster interest, please write.. 'Haid