On 22-Feb-00,* Sealey, M.*, of Planet Eros, wrote these Wise Words:
> I don't think anything in Canada or the US can ever be
> indicative of the userbase worldwide: they are traditionally
> the small markets (besides high-end bluechip video production)
> and you don't get many home users.
True.
> Conservative estimates of the online/offline Amiga Community
> say about 35,000. Oh, 35,005 if you count the users in British
> Columbia ;)
Well, maybe there are not 5 in BC... : )))
>
> So don't cite your tiny backwards little "town in the middle
> of nowhere" type Amiga market as a worldwide counter for users,
> because it just doesn't work like that.
I sincerely hope you are correct, but I did get the message
via one of my EMail letters saying that the sales of OS3.5
was so abysmally low that there is not going to be anything
beyond that. It was from a German source. IIRC, the numbers
bandied about were only aboue 3000 world wide. To tell you
the truth, that news really depressed me. I hope someone
can refute it, because if it cannot be refuted, the truth
is closer to "my" reality than yours... and believe me, I
AM rooting for you to be right. I AM a dedicated Amiga user,
and want it to continue... although to be honest, my 3000 is
giving me such a hard time with its SCSI usage that I am really
considering if I should put $1000 into upgrading my Amiga or
buy a Pentium III system for just a little more.... : (((
My family is REALLY pushing that I "get a real computer".
: (
Gil
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