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From: matth@bellatlantic.net (Matthew Hulett)
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Subject: Re: Did anyone see this?
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1998 17:41:10 GMT
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>Bill Rehbock said:
>
>"The one thing you could do with Net Yaroze is a very good game
>prototype. It                  can't stream data from the CD. In my
>humble opinion the pricing of the Yaroze system was insane. $750 is too
>high for a hobbyist thing."

   Where did you get this quote from? I'd like to read the whole
article. Considering that we were given the opportunity to educate
ourselves on a modern 32-bit system, and that even Digipen students
are learning on SNES systems,  I found the price to be tolerable.
There's never been an opportunity before like this. I doubt Sony is
making much money at all from the program. I think Bill has a conflict
of interest, I wouldn't be surprised to find out VM Labs is planning
to release a hobbyist kit to compete with Sony when Project X is
released this August. What better way to get prospective talent
working in your corner, supporting your system?

-Matt