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Originally Posted by Promilus
@Thomas Richter - yes, but overall Macs weren't IBM PC compatible nor Windows compatible and yet they survived and are in good shape DESPITE 3 CPU architecture changes. So I really don't get why Bruce claims no matter how Amiga would have been improved it would've died anyway due to IBM PC incompatibility. As if IBM PC compatibility was everything. It was not. Large enough userbase, clear goals for future improvements (while taking into account market demands) and partnership with developers to introduce more gamechanging software to the platform... that's what it was lacking the most. Not PC compatibility!
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Indeed. And even with all that 'Macs' nearly didn't make it either. I think it's safe to say that Commodore never really knew what direction to take the Amiga brand and eventually just settled on making it a C64++.