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- From: dleland@dante.nmsu.edu (LELAND)
- Subject: Re: Byte A4000/A3000T-040 Review
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.002517.19769@nmsu.edu>
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- Organization: New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
- References: <BzyrAo.FEp@NeoSoft.com> <1992Dec29.072401.6373@desire.wright.edu> <C01HAx.LGq@news.iastate.edu>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 00:25:17 GMT
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- In article <C01HAx.LGq@news.iastate.edu> barrett@iastate.edu (Marc N. Barrett) writes:
- >
- > I can think of one right off the bat. Commodore's problem is that the bulk
- >of their sales are to these electronically-ignorant individuals who use their
- ======================
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- >computers as home computers. Even the bulk of A3000 and A4000 sales are to
- >people who use them as home computers. I would even bet that the majority of
- >Commodore's Amiga UNIX systems went to individuals who used them as home
- >computers.
-
- GASP! There you go again..... What a horrible thought! People using Amigas as home
- computers! Why... why they might use them for... for something of their OWN! Oh my
- God Marc you're absolutely right! Those idiots at Commodore, selling computers
- to PEOPLE, just ordinary PEOPLE, instead of corporate fat cats and institutions.
- What a bunch of dummies!
-
- NOT!
-
- >
- > Commodore needs to sell far more systems to corporations and educational
- >institutions, that would be responsible with the systems. Apple and Compaq
- >don't have the problems that Commodore has, because the bulk of their sales
- >are to companies and institutions that a responsible with in-warantee systems,
- >and don't attempt to have the manufacturer pay for botched work. This dilutes
- >any losses from sales of systems to individuals who do try to get the
- >manufacturer to pay for botched upgrades.
- >
- >---
- >| Marc Barrett -MB- | email: barrett@iastate.edu
- >--------------------------------------------------
-
- Marc you're impossible. I can just hear you also saying that Commodore is
- irresponsible for NOT letting users upgrade their machines! They are screwed
- (as far as you are concerned) no matter what they do. Essentially what you are
- saying is that those inferior low life "home computer users" are scum who don't
- use their computers properly. Only people annointed by some huge company are
- fit to use them. What crap! I am a home computer user and I think I know how
- to care for my machine. Granted Commodore needs to make a bigger push into the
- big markets of education and business. But for Christ's sake, how can you fault
- them for selling machines to home computer users? Nobody else does anymore
- as far as I can tell.
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- Darrell Leland
- dleland@nmsu.edu
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