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- From: remco.weg@endemol.nl (Remco Weg)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Amiga promotion in USA.
- Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 17:03:57 +0100
- Organization: John de Mol Produkties B.V.
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- In article <4ccs8u$llv@flood.xnet.com>, jcompton@flood.xnet.com (Jason
- Compton) wrote:
-
- > Yes, but at one time Commodore came damn near to ruling the personal
- > computing world. More than once they made serious impacts on it, for
- > about 20 years, in fact.
-
- 'at one time' is probaly the difference here...
-
- > That would be like saying if, say, the Ford Motor Company went on a 5
- > year decline and finally closed with 100 employees laid off it wouldn't
- > be a newsworthy story. The decline of an industry leader culminating in
- > its demise AND REBIRTH of its signature product is a story, no matter how
- > you slice it.
-
- Ford would get just as many paperspace as C= IF the Ford Motor Company,
- and the end of the 5 year decline, produced only a few cars a year. Which
- maybe intresting, but too expensive and not compatible with the rest of
- the auto industry.
-
- You just have to see this in prespective.
-
-
- Re/\/\co
-
- remco.weg@endemol.nl
-
- P.S. En de groetjes aan Ruud D. B-)
-