tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17482943.post4322908136402141965..comments2023-06-29T19:04:24.128+05:30Comments on rmathew: The AmigaRanjit Mathewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04429610992943896537noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17482943.post-77058978985718010092007-08-13T23:03:00.000+05:302007-08-13T23:03:00.000+05:30The Amiga, as well as all the countless competitor...The Amiga, as well as all the countless competitors lost because they refused to open the platform and let other people manufacture compatible devices, or even interoperate with devices from other manufacturers. This kind of behavior is unheard of today, and mostly thanks to IBM and their "Personal Computer" platform which they opened and allowed 3rd party manufacturer to build peripherals for and even build whole computers and sell them directly to the consumer! By doing this IBM created standard computing where everyone is free to integrate solutions from different provided and where manufacturers compete in an open market on features and price.<BR/><BR/>While I also am sorry for the demise of good technology, it troubles me to see people (technologists mainly) lament the PC's dominance without acknowledging the fact that without the IBM PC we would not have the amazingly fast and cheap devices that has made household computing and the internet available for average people.<BR/><BR/>The reason that you are using a computer that is hundreds of times faster and several times cheaper then the Amiga 500 (which my parents couldn't buy because it was way to expensive) is only because IBM has made the PC a market killer. I too wish that Amiga would have survived, but if Commodore won't to open the platform and compete with other manufacturers on price and performance - then they better go the way of the dodo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17482943.post-79901136256528391002007-08-04T01:55:00.000+05:302007-08-04T01:55:00.000+05:3050mhz to be exact... 68060/75 processors don't com...50mhz to be exact... 68060/75 processors don't come with fpu (so they are 100% worthless for 68060 demos, which use heavy fpu in parallel to cpu), and anyways no one makes new accelerator cards to plug them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com