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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Path: durham.org!aa754
- From: aa754@freenet.durham.org (Robert Andrachuk)
- Subject: Re: A1200 Surfer and A1200 in the US and around the world
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- Organization: Durham Free-Net
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- References: <4fbcet$kjf@coranto.ucs.mun.ca> <150356@cup.portal.com> <311DEF52.4851@interramp.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 02:52:06 GMT
-
- On 11-Feb-96 18:29:54 SMG / InTouch Systems remarked:
- > Harv R Laser wrote:
- [...]
- >> >
- >> >When should North America expect the A1200 and/or the A1200
- >> >Surfer pack?
- >> >
- >> >-=*George*=-
- >>
- [...]
- > We at the SMG try to monitor this newsgroup on a daily basis and
- > provide as much valid information as we can.
- [...]
- > products. The dealers tell us (those that reply) that their
- > customers - the consumers - have not expressed strong demand. If
- > people really wanted to see the A1200 (and other Amiga products)
- > on the shelves in North America, they should tell their dealers.
- > To date, they simply haven't done that.
- [...]
- > Paul Bielski
- > SMG
-
- Ah yes, here we go again. The demand is supposed to be there
- automatically despite the fact that there is no investment in
- advertising at all. Incredible! Do people never learn? What did
- the experience with Commodore do for you? Demand for any product is
- created.
- Why do IBM/MicroSoft/Intel continue to advertise when they
- already have a captive market? To gain new buyers, that's why. Do
- SMG, AT/Escom believe they can sell a product without recruiting new
- buyers? Even a year after the Amiga technology has been
- revitalized, there are still no machines in North America and no
- desire to advertise. Remarkable.
-
- The North American market was the birth-place of major hardware and
- software developments for nearly all computer platforms. To ignore
- this market is certain to marginalize any platform to obscurity.
-
- Slogans such as "we're back and we're pissed" and "Amiga, back for
- the future", are beginning to ring hollow.
-
-
- Regards,
- Robert Andrachuk
- aa754@freenet.durham.org
-