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- From: jcompton@flood.xnet.com (Jason Compton)
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- Subject: Re: Die, Escom, Die.
- Date: 9 Feb 1996 15:58:45 GMT
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- Bruce McFarling (brmcf@utkux.utk.edu) wrote:
-
- : I'm trying to figure out why it is worse to have ESCOM make PC's
- : under the Commodore logo, and their Amiga subsidiary make Amiga's under
- : the Amiga logo, than back when Commodore made PC's under the Commodore
- : logo, and also made Amiga's under the Amiga logo, 'from Commodore'.
- : Escpecially as ESCOM is willling to license the 8 bit technology, when
- : Commodore was willing to kill it but unwilling to license it.
-
- Because at least in my experience, Commodore never ran PC ad campaigns
- slamming the Amiga. Escom has, and does. "Commodore is back, and
- they're not just playing games anymore." was the slogan used for the
- launch of the Commodore-branded Escom PCs.
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