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                                                                                RISING FROM THE DEAD
                         Alejandro Kurczyn                                                                                        akurczyn@itesmvf1.rzs.itesm.mx

Finally, the wait is over, and there's light at the end of the tunnel, the Amiga has a new owner, and a new life. In the past days I've read a zillion letters about this, most of them with concern about the future, many more with suggestions and requests for ESCOM, and more in between. But a question keeps poping in my mind: What can we, the regular Amiga users and fans, do to keep our beloved companion alive? And as I ponder that question, I sense an idea lurking on my head:

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                                                                                     This is a second chance

Yes my friends, this is a second chance, and no other PC had one in the past. It's time for us to appreciate our good luck, to behave ourselves and keep our friend alive, to have it in all her glory, show the world her power and have many more fun along the way. How? That's the easy part, just do the right thing. Let's cut that piracy crap, show the makers of software that we too can handle their programs. Some of you are saying "yeah, right" and I can understand you, software is pricey most of the time, even on our cheap plataform, but if money is not enough, there's the PD scene, you can live with it and believe me, you can live well. It's cool to say "Lemmings Tribes was available in the US before official distribution", but what did you obtained from that apart from a few hours of fun? Remember Sierra, Lucas, SAS, and some other makers. It's not only their programs and proffits, those are guys who can attract more developers, and put the money on big development projects and better programs. Support our programmers, and the people who dedicate some hours and days of their lives to us, like magazine editor's ( :-) ), PD organizers, and the like. After all, without them the "dark ages" may were really dark. Remember that each and every dollar/pund/peso/whatever you invest goes directly to your computer, and I mean the one you're using to read this right there on your desk. I hope you get the main idea of this letter as english is not my main language, but remembering a foreign president words: Ask not what the Amiga can do for you, but what you can do for the Amiga. I think it (and we) deserve it, besides, nothing but good times will follow for all of us if we do that. Alejandro Kurczyn
Mexico