#Titel Forum / aktuell / SAS - C - Statement #Logo gadget15:pinsel/AG.Aktuell #Font topaz 8 #C10 Message-Id: #C21 In article , GUIJT@stpc.wi.LeidenUniv.nl (Hans Guijt) writes: #C10 |> In article <2s5729$37j@panix.com> comeau@csanta.attmail.com |> (Greg Comeau) writes: |> >You cannot blame companies for making these decisions. |> >Frankly, I think SAS deserves applause not only for their |> >past and current product line, but also for feeling they should |> >inform us about this decision. I'm sure Doug hated posted that |> >message as much as some people are hating seeing it. |> |> I agree with all of you that it was a Good Thing that SAS announced their |> intentions. But, couldn't they have waited two or three weeks? We would have |> known what has become of C= (I believe we will know today or tomorrow?). |> Now, if C= continues to exist, SAS will probably announce their 'return' to |> the amiga, and carry on like nothing has happened. If C= goes under, |> announcing (I really mean 'deciding') a few weeks later wouldn't actually |> have hurt anyone, would it? #Seitenende #C21 I thought there was a lot more good news than bad in the announcement. 1. We are continuing technical support and will continue selling the product. It was certainly in the realm of possibility that our VERY EXPENSIVE technical support setup would be killed. I'm willing to bet that we are still spending more on the Amiga market than most of the developers that are continuing full development for the Amiga, based on our technical support costs alone. 2. We are keeping the capability of producing a new product. Our developers are still here (although working on other things). The portable pieces of the product are still being developed. In some companies (notably Commodore), our developers would be out the door at this point and it would be virtually impossible to continue. #Seitenende 3. We are cutting the price of the product. This decision has been coming for a while, and we will stick with the new pricing even if development is renewed. It just seemed like a good time to give the Amiga community a break, and to encourage some new sales to prove that the market is still there. #C10 -- ***** / walker@unx.sas.com *|_o_o|\\ Doug Walker< BIX, Portal: djwalker *|. o.| || \ CompuServe: 71165,2274 | o |// ====== Any opinions expressed are mine, not those of SAS Institute, Inc.