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- From: d3daniel@dtek.chalmers.se (Daniel Hansson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: New Press Release!
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- Date: 14 Mar 1996 00:19:34 GMT
- Organization: Chalmers univ. of Technology
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- Rand R. Fredricksen (rand@maui.netwave.net) wrote:
-
- : Let's face it. Commodore made their money by producing low-cost computers, and
- : selling them to hobbyists.
-
- This is most certainly a strange myth constructed the latest years.
-
- When C= sold somputers, and sold lots of them, they sold the coolest computer
- (a resonable amount of) money could buy. The Amiga was more expensive than the
- ST, but was more impressive. People chose the cool one and decided to spen ~20%
- more.
-
- The "lowest possible price" strategy is a very dangeous one, and should be
- replaced with a "better than the competition" one as soon as possible.
- (I.e. not "as good as a PC", but "you can't do this on any other chipset".
- = new customchips)
-
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- __///Daniel Hansson
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