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- From: Gemini2@cup.portal.com (Gary Alan Peake)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: AT UK redundancies
- Date: 30 Jan 1996 21:00:39 -0800
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
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- >>
- >>Yup, it is obvious that Escom wanted the Amiga so badly, that is why they
- >>are heavily promoting it and why they have priced it aggressivly.
- >>
- >
- >I am not saying they are doing a great job at promoting and selling
- >Amigas. I say that it is unlikely that they are just in it for the
- >name. The fact that there is no (read: bad) marketing doesn't mean
- >they are actually trying to kill the company. There's lots of bad
- >marketing out there, but I have never heard of it being used to
- >terminate companies. Man, if you could prove that there is such a thing,
- >you would probably win a Nobel prize.
- >
- >As for their marketing and priceing: I don't think AT has much choice,
- >and I feel they are making the right one. Instead of trying to sell
- >outdated machines now, they are trying to stay alive while designing
- >modern machines for next year. Or would you rather have it the other
- >way around, that they spend all their cash on marketing and lowering
- >current prices and neglecting all R&D? That will surely result in
- >another slow and painful death.
-
-
- Branko ... it's a losing battle. Seems no one here understands reality!
-
-
- Gary
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