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- From: fasten@zeus.informatik.uni-bonn.de (Bernhard Fastenrath)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Refreshing Interview with Petro T. in April Amazing
- Date: 12 Apr 1996 22:54:27 GMT
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- Barry Wilson (nmelen@nwlink.com) wrote:
- : 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?
-
- : >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?
-
- : >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
- ESCOM sold AT. The guys from AT know what they have. I guess the one person
- at ESCOM who liked the Amiga recently lost his job.
-
- : >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!
- Deutsche Bank also. Both aren't in the PC hardware business.
-
- : >It's not over yet folks... :)
- : ^^^
- : Not yet, but soon
- We'll see.
-
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