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- Date: 01 Feb 1996 02:04:42 +0200
- From: Andreas_Kleinert@gm-box.mediaserve.de
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Message-ID: <16F31D3A@gm-box.mediaserve.de>
- Subject: Re: ESCOM takes a dive
- X-Mailer: TeleMail 1.91 SN: 6
- Organization: MediaSoft Koenigswinter/Germany
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- Hi vitale%dps.cos.eds.com,
-
- In a mail dated 28 Jan 96 vitale%dps.cos.eds.com wrote to Alle:
-
- vdc> The question is why did ESCOM fail to make a profit in 1995. Was it
- vdc> because of lower sales, or was it because ESCOM took on additional
- vdc> debt from the purchase of Commodore? Or was it a change in accounting
- ^^^^^^^^^^
- yes, but Amiga != Commodore
-
- They hoped to sell their low bugdet Computers and add-ons better
- when putting a "C=" logo on these.
- That didn't work, but I can't see more reasons for Commodore-related
- losses.
-
- vdc> A loss in revenue does not look good, but neither does increasing your
- vdc> debt to asset ratio from a purchase like Commodore. 1995 was an
- vdc> expensive year for ESCOM.
-
- Because they bought this UK shops, which had been quite more expensice
- than C= 's rest...
-
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