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- From: dgrant@peinet.pe.ca (Dennis Grant)
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- Subject: Re: Refreshing Interview with Petro T. in April Amazing
- Date: 12 Apr 1996 13:12:57 GMT
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- In article <4kkehd$g0@washington.nwlink.com> nmelen@nwlink.com (Barry Wilson) writes:
- > In article <4kj0qh$hd0@storm.cycor.ca>,
- > Dennis Grant <dgrant@peinet.pe.ca> wrote:
- > >If you haven't already, go out and pick up the April issue of Amazing
- > >Computing. There is a good interview in it with Petro T. and Don Hicks, where
- > >such heady subjects as ESCOM's losses, the direction of the Amiga, why it is
- > >priced the way it is, and much more is discussed.
- > >It's refreshing in its candor. Petro is very honest and forthcoming about the
- > ^^^^^^
- > Did he say anything about the impending sale to VIScorp?
-
- There's a 3 month lead time on magazines - he may not have known at the time
- of the interview. In fact, he may not have known at all.
-
- >
- > >crazy business he is in, and it help shed some light on the "whys" of many of
- > >AT's decisions recently.
- > How about "why" they SOLD-OUT?
-
- AT didn't sell AT, *ESCOM* sold AT.
-
- Keep that thought straight in your head - the folks at AT, including Petro,
- may not have had *any* say in the matter.
-
- >
- > >1) AT *knows* that they have a great product. I don't mean just the usual
- > >marketing lip-service horseshit, they really believe in what they have.
- >
- > NOT just the usual marketing lip-service HORSESHIT? If they really believed
- > why the HELL would they sell? Yeah, they really do believe, don't they
-
- Read the response above, they may not have had any choice.
-
- >
- > >2) The rapid advances in processsor capability in the last 2 years are
- > >driving everybody nuts. In the PC world, nobody can afford to build
- > >inventory stock, because it goes obsolete before you can move it all. There's
- > >so many players in the PC world that there's no margin to be made on
- > >machines. And if you don't make PC's, the flood of cheap, fast Pentiums (like
- > >the piles of excess-inventory P60's that are being dumped) are raping your
- > >market. *Nobody* is making money.
- > ^^^^^^
- > Bill Gates is!
-
- Billy boy doesn't sell hardware, and AT and ESCOM are both hardware
- companies.
-
- This sale caught me by suprise too, and I think it can go either way. From
- how I read that press release, I think AT will be allowed, and possibly
- encouraged, to continue development and sale of Amigas as stand alone
- platforms, and now, the mother company has added interest and incentive in
- Amiga development - so we will see the development pace stepped up.
-
- The possible downside is that Viscorp may decide to stop production of Amigas
- as anything *other* than their new set top box.
-
- Time, and Viscorp, will tell. I'm dropping them a line today.
-
- --
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- Dennis Grant
- dgrant@cycor.ca
- http://www.cycor.ca/TCave/
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