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- From: Gemini2@cup.portal.com (Gary Alan Peake)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Walker vs. the $999 7200/75 w/4xCD!
- Date: 10 Apr 1996 19:20:25 -0700
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- Sender: pccop@unix.portal.com
- Message-ID: <151503@cup.portal.com>
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- <1996Apr4.000855.53819@cobra.uni.edu> <4k22tf$95c@talos4.sps.mot.com>
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- >In article <1996Apr4.000855.53819@cobra.uni.edu> sinclap2954@cobra.uni.edu (PE
- T
- >ER SINCLAIR-DAY) writes:
- >>In article <4jvdrg$2pr@flood.xnet.com>, jcompton@flood.xnet.com (Jason Compto
- n
- >) writes:
- >>> Karl Thomas (kathomas@nyx.cs.du.edu) wrote:
- >>>
- >>> : You do realize without Apple, the PPC chip doesn't hae a chance in the
- >>> : market, don't you? Motorola and IBM aren't selling as many PowerPC based
- >>>
- >>> Your first statement was correct. Except the realization that it is true
- >>> is what has convinced Motorola to throw support at the Amiga, because
- >>> while I harbor no ill will towards Apple, they're no longer the bedrock
- >>> of stability they once were.
- >>>
- >>> I'd rather see Apple survive than fail, because one more non-Gatesian
- >>> system is one more alternative to monopoly. But don't put all of your
- >>> eggs in their basket.
- >>
- >>I agree, I would like the Amiga survive as well. But, AT needs to aggressive
- l
- >y
- >>support the NA market with aggresively priced hardware and persuade developer
- s
- >>to produce cutting edge apps instead of dropping crumbs on this side of the
- >>Atlantic.
- >>
- >
- >I have said it many, many times. If AT wants to get into the NA market, they
- >are going to have to agree to lose a good bit of money before they will be
- >able to make any money. They are going to have to offer machines at a low
- >enough price so that consumers will even look at them instead of a Mac or
- >Intel/X86 box.
- >
- >Regards,
- >--
- >Matt Costanza
- >Motorola Inc - Information Systems
- >Network Analyst - Site Networks and Computing
- >Mattc@Moaner.Sps.Mot.Com 512.891.6110
-
-
- Why should Amiga Technologies have to lose money before trying to make any
- money to get into the NA market? This is BULL!!
-
- All Amiga Technologies has to do is to be priced competitively and get some
- good exposure (like the McDonald's deal, for instance).
-
- When C= was jerking us (the user base) and it's employees around, lying to
- us, and squandering all their assets ... the USER BASE was selling the
- systems! How many dealers did you see advertise? How many 'national ads'
- did you see from C=?
-
- What sold the systems was the user base suggesting it 'word of mouth' to
- other users and interested parties.
-
- If we have competitive products that can give the same bang for the buck
- that the 500, 2000, 3000, and 1200 did AND we have some kind of exposure
- like the McDonalds deal in Germany ... I happen to think that many, many
- units will sell ... and sell faster than anyone ever dreamed!
-
- Gary Peake "Mystic Meg" Fellow AMIGA Users:
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