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- Path: cup.portal.com!Harv
- From: Harv@cup.portal.com (Harv R Laser)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: Re: Amiga Technology is insulting!!
- Date: 13 Mar 1996 11:00:05 -0800
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- Sender: pccop@unix.portal.com
- Message-ID: <150939@cup.portal.com>
- References: <1996Mar9.164206.53264@cobra.uni.edu>
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-
- >
- >When the Amiga 4000/1200s were introduced, Gateway 2000 was still selling
- >386sx and their mainstream sellers were 386s. Now, don't you think it
- >would be silly to ask almost $3000 for a new 386 today? That is exactly
- >what AT/Escom is trying to do...sell 1992 technology in 1996 for 1992
- >prices.
-
- Sigh.. it doesn't matter WHEN it was invented. What matters is
- what it can do.
-
- How long ago were lightbulbs invented? Why don't they sell for 1 cent
- now?
-
- When Amiga Tech has the production capacity that Commodore had and
- can produce machines in the volume that Commodore did, then the
- prices will come down.
-
- Why is this so damn hard for people to understand?
-
- Harv | "Do you recognize the
- harv@cup.portal.com | Bell of Truth when you
- http://www.portal.com/~harv | hear it ring?"
- hlaser@eworld.com <--- (until 3/31/96) | - Leon Russell
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