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- From: larrymb@gramercy.ios.com (UNREGISTERED VERSION)
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- Subject: Re: Amiga Technology is insulting!!
- Date: 17 Mar 1996 17:22:33 GMT
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- >>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?
- On the other hand, coming out with outrageous prices to re-introduce a
- struggling platform that ws run into the ground by a bumbling company that is
- dropping users right and left isn't exactly forward thinking. It may
- well be that Escom has given AT so little funding that there is
- absolutely no way for them to get around any of the business decisions they
- have been making, but otherwise it is pretty dumb business practice.
- It is the exact opposite of how companies like Netscape exploded, how Apple
- took over the school computer market, etc.
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