dbilkis@wook.isi.edu (David Bilkis; SPT) (05/06/88)
Hi, Yes, Amiga as TeX workstations are probably a big win, especially as their closest cousins in this respect are SUNs, but another point here is that CBM should really be trying to move into the Educational Market...there is a GOOD reason why WordPerfect is sold to students for $99... As an example, WaveFront has donated one of their high end 3D graphic animations systems (price tag on software alone is $70K) to UCLA graphic arts, however, because of student demand for the machine, the animation dept must turn to Amigas for producing student short animations, with little or no support from the vendor (Commodore)... The bottom line is that every year, these people are going out to service the marketplace, and the tools they select are strongly influenced by their experience. DEC has capitalized on this for over twenty years (I had been hacking PDP-10's for 5 years before I went to DEC Large Systems Engineering, as had a number of the people I worked with)...Digital has produced a generation of consumers, vendors, and technicians through its agressive sales and discounting to educational institutions, (even though they still can't sell a decent microsystem), Commodore has a real opportunity here, which every month slips a little farther away...Just look at how Apple bends over backwards for places like UCLA (opened a computer store on campus), and USC, as well as other non-traditional outlets (for instance, Apple was a major contributor to the Da Camera series of classical recitals in historic LA locations, and also provided computers, printers, and softwares which were used to prepare recital programs (text and graphics))... Please, think about it CBM...it's worth your time... Love, Wook