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- From: alrashi@ecf.toronto.edu (AL RASHID SHAHIR)
- Subject: Re: Canadian support was: Re: RFD: What to do with
- Message-ID: <C18848.JyI@ecf.toronto.edu>
- Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility
- References: <727425006.AA01135@contrast.wlink.nl> <C16D5M.91F@ecf.toronto.edu> <74045@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 23:04:55 GMT
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- In article <74045@cup.portal.com> Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com writes:
- >>Sorry, but I can't remember Mr. BobR's original question.
- >
- >The question was, why would a retailer be "anti-Anything" that
- >he sells..?
- >
- >(Unless it was the other unanswered question, which was, where
- >did you buy your Falcon..?)
- >
- >BobR
-
- Hokay. I'm not trying to flame here, just answering the question.
- Point one: They're still selling Atari's. I never said they totally stopped
- selling them. In fact, I think they still have a healthy
- turnover there...
- Point two: They advocate using the Mac more than they recommend using the
- Atari.
- Point 3 : Most musician's are not too fussy about which computer they use,
- as long as it doesn't cost too much, and it has suitable software.
-
- Seemingly irrelevant points? I say nay!! Let me explain.
- The store does not reccomend Atari because of its price tag. It is a lot
- cheaper than the Mac (I'm not talking about list price - I'm talking about
- their prices). And yes, I have been there to compare the prices...(not too
- recently, though). They claim that the sequencer's on the Atari are inferior
- and limited although they're not (they used to compare both computers, where
- the Atari would run rings around the Mac - again, THEY demonstrated this.)
-
- So as for the question, IMHO, a retailer could become (and in this case, HAS)
- "anti-Anything" if there were significant monetary gains to be considered.
- One more point, the store has been selling Atari's for a long time, so if
- there were any dissatisfaction with Atari (they order the computers from
- Sunnyvale) they would have dropped Atari long ago.
- Atari's used to sell a lot ---> They actively backed it.
- Mac's are very popular now ---> They actively back it (to gain monetary profit)
- But they must actively dis-support Atari in
- order to win their customer's over to the
- Mac side.
- There! Those were the gist of my rants.
- All this, is an EDUCATED opinion. After all, I know some people involved AND
- I know some musicians involved. Nowhere did I hear that they were having
- problem's with Atari Corp.
-
- Via con Dios.
- AcEzE.
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