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- From: gordonf@monashee.sfu.ca (Gordon Farrell)
- Subject: Re: Falcon030 -- Truth not Fiction
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.230110.9970@sfu.ca>
- Sender: news@sfu.ca
- Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
- References: <1h5ppkINNp78@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 23:01:10 GMT
- Lines: 70
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- In article <1h5ppkINNp78@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> aa399@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Len Stys) writes:
- [...]
- >
- >How many people believe that Atari should concentrate on music with
- >the Falcon030?
-
- They would be insane not to!
-
- >
- >How many people believe that Atari should concentrate on entertainment
- >with the Falcon030?
-
- They would be insane to! :-)
- Seriously, I don't believe entertainment is a viable concentration market
- for a computer. To be successful in this market would require a SERIOUS
- marketing effort aimed at Saturday mornings and weekday afternoons on TV
- when all the kids would see it, decide they can't live without it, and
- whine at Mommy and Daddy until they get it. Even this might not help,
- considering the huge market share and Draconian marketing practices of
- Nintendo.
-
- >
- >How many people believe that Atari should concentrate on multi-media
- >with the Falcon030?
-
- Good idea. With Kodak on board, Atari has a good chance here, provided
- they don't blow it (read: ADVERTISE!).
-
- >
- >How many of you believe that Atari's present keyboard in the Falcon030
- >should be replaced with a better quality keyboard?
-
- If it is the original ST keyboard (and it sure looks like one), YES.
- One of the happiest days of my life was when I put aside my ST keyboard for
- a TT one.
-
- >
- >What do you think is the greatest advantage that the Falcon030
- >has?
-
- DSP.
-
- >
- >Do you think Atari will still have this advantage in 1994?
-
- I don't know. All depends on how many other machines have one.
-
- >
- >If you were Atari, how would you market this computer?
-
- I would market this computer :-).
- Seriously, I'd go for print ads in major computer magazines, such as BYTE.
- A couple of TV ads wouldn't hurt, either.
-
- >
- >Are you going to buy a Falcon030?
-
- No. I bought a TT last year, and I'm not done with it yet.
-
- >
- >Len (aa399@cleveland.Freenet.edu)
- >
- >--
- >
-
- ________________________________________________________________________________
- Gordon Farrell |e-mail:gfarrell@cs.sfu.ca |"Shee, you guys are so unhip
- | gordonf@sfu.ca | it's a wonder your bums
- Simon Fraser University | | don't fall off."
- Burnaby, B.C., Canada | | -Zaphod Beeblebrox
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