jon@brahms.udel.edu (Jon Deutsch) (04/23/91)
About amiga demos:
There are a lot of them. They have been getting more and more complex.
They are becomming competitive! And *most* of the solid-vector/wild copper/
blitter-mania demos are all coming from EUROPE!
Why is this? Is this a cultural thing? Demos from the States tend to be
of the 'movie' genre or 'showanim's. This type of demo is entertaining,
but (hopefully) doesn't display the talent and mathematical ingenuity that
Americans like to claim they possess.
It just seems to me that from the evidence I've been shown,
-- Europeans tend to walk on the wild side of coding,
while Americans are happy making their nifty utilities and short movies.
-- Europeans tend to display more graphic, production, and music
talent than Americans do in their code.
-- Europeans seem to get the 'head start' on computing, seeing that the
average demo-writer in Europe is still in his teens.
-- European demos are very creative. Some demos are very entertaining.
-- European groups are competing -- who can make the coolest demo!?
This is not to say that America is a lame provider of software
for the Amiga. Far from it. Practically every productivity/
utility/system software package was developed in the States.
And, even a few very nice demos as well.
So, I'm not trying to start a flame war about which side of the
world is better in terms of the Amiga (sounds like a good TIME
headline!). Rather, I'm curious about the differences in types
and quality of software from each region and why such a difference
exists.
Sociologically yours,
Jon Deutsch
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