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- From: chall@clover.cleaf.com (Chris Hall)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: SMG or AT: Is anybody out there?
- Date: 22 Feb 1996 12:00:26 GMT
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- Steven Folberg (s.folberg@genie.geis.com) wrote:
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- : Okay --
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- : I know the title of this message is a ploy of sorts.
-
- : I know that SMG and at least Peter Kittel read this newsgroup from time to
- : time.
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- : So I'm asking: are there any plans to ever market the Amiga in North America?
- : Is Gilles Bourdin still looking for a "strategic partner" here, or is that
- : just something that was supposed to keep us entertained for awhile?
-
- : Yes, I'm still supporting the Amiga, doing my part: buying new software,
- : including a Blizzard Board for my 1200.
-
- : But for goodness sake, people, give us *something* to go on...
-
- I think we are going to have to face the truth, AT isn't going to do
- anything with the Amiga in the NA market. I'm about ready to give up on
- them. A friend and I wanted to start an Amiga dealership/Internet service
- provider but AT isn't doing any marketing or shipping decent quantity of
- machines to NA. It doesn't look like the Amiga dealership part will be
- worth our effort. I'm not going to start a dealership if we have to wait
- months for machines. A1200/1300s with Internet software would be a decent
- package to sell to people wanting machines for surfing the net but ...
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- It's almost one year after Escom bought the Amiga and it looks like AT is
- asleep at the helm. If AT doesn't wake up, their going to have a real bad
- Christmas this year, much worse than last year. I wish AT would just go
- ahead and tell us that they aren't going to market the Amiga in NA.
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- Chris Hall
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