Commodore, think that one million is some sort of magic number, and that the moment the heavyweights (read: IBM business software and hardware developers) hear that one million figure, they will automatically start flooding the Amiga market with products. I think this is only half right. I think the heavyweights will act slowly. I don't think we will see a dozen new spreadsheets for the Amiga released in the next three months. I don’t think that the one million number alone is going to convince companies. It might convince people who were on the fence before, and I’m sure that a number of the not-so-heavy- weights will give the Amiga market a chance now. If you take a step back and look at the products that are available for the Amiga now and then look at the “heavyweight” products for other machines, there aren’t a lot of gaping holes. Yes, we could use some more serious business software, particularly business graphics and business presentation tools. And there is still room for more music, GAD, and educational software. Networking, mass-stor- age and llicker-free display hardware could be (and is now being) improved. But over all, the Amiga already has products that match or outshine the MS-DOS heavyweight equivalents. You might also consider that some of those heavyweights got to be on top because they developed programs that let you do things with a PC that the Amiga does straight out of the box. Windowing software isn’t a big deal for an Amiga. Integrated packages are great when you need to bounce around without closing one program to get to another, but with multitasking, we can already integrate almost any software from assorted companies. There are lots of DOS utilities out there to make things easier, but Amigas already have Workbench. (OK, it would be nice to have a Norton Utilities for the Amiga.) I don't think that too many graphics board people are going to be swarming over to the Amiga, and video hardware and software for other computers is far behind what we have right now. It is always nice to see new companies and products joining the Amiga group, and I think the magic million will bring in some new players, but it will still take some time. 3. Relief. There have been times when the success of the Amiga was in question. The one million mark takes the Amiga out of the “lets see how they sell” category. But I think that Commodore’s attitude in the past year, more than the number of units sold, has “legitimized” the Amiga. Commodore has showrn a real effort to support the Amiga. While we sometimes feel that they aren’t moving quickly enough or in the right direction, I think they have improved a hell of a lot. 4. Satisfaction. Now, when people ask “What is an Amiga?” or “How is the Amiga doing these days?,” we have an answer that means something to just about everyone. 5. Regret. Like seeing your child grow up. Or a pioneer seeing a village turn into a city. It was fun going through the early days of the Amiga, bad and good. If you owned an Amiga, you were part of a small, elite group of free thinkers, not afraid to be the only person on your block or even in your city to own this special computer. To go out and sell this product yourself if no one else would. The group isn’t so small anymore, but we are still elite.