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- From: dcorn@paradise.pplnet.com (David Corn)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: Re: Amiga Technology is insulting!!
- Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 03:59:01 GMT
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- On Fri, 15 Mar 1996 09:46:32 +0100 (MET), Thomas Karlsen
- <sledge@algonet.se> wrote:
-
- >> I just read a posting that they're doing some advertising deal with
- >> McDonalds in Germany. I think this is the right direction - and no need to
- >> conquer the whole world at once, home market is a good place to start.
- >
- >I don't think DAve Gentry understand this at all. AT is a *NEW* company,
- >they doesn't have THAT much people and money to produce ALOT of Amigas.
- >What if they went on advertising like hell so that millions of people
- >would like to buy the e.g Surfer Amiga. They would by no chance in the
- >world stand up with enough Amigas produce to satisfy the demands. And
-
- ROTFL. They don't advertise because it would have no effect on the
- market - they already are known to the only people that are buying
- their machines - past Amiga owners and video shop owners. So why
- advertise?
-
- >THAT would but Amiga Tech into death pretty fast. It's better to build up
- >something that can handle a bigger production scheme and range palette.
-
- :) ... OK.
-