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- From: sheldon@iastate.edu (Steve Sheldon)
- Subject: Re: WSJ Article -- CBM is dying? : -)
- Message-ID: <sheldon.714406013@du248-05.cc.iastate.edu>
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- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
- References: <jbono.02r5@tension.UUCP>
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 14:06:53 GMT
- Lines: 49
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- In <jbono.02r5@tension.UUCP> jbono@tension.UUCP (John Bono) writes:
-
- >BEFORE some imbecile comes up and screams about how CBM is going down the tubes
- >because of an unexpected 4th qtr loss, I am going to post some of the comments
- >made in the WSJ article which commented on the loss.
- >
- >"Commodore . . . sells the majority of its consumer oriented computers in
- >Europe, making its dollar-stated results notoriously hard to predict."
- >
- >"Analysts agreed that Commodore could rebound, citing good potential for new
- >models of its Amiga personal computer, as well as some novel handheld
- >products."
-
- Handheld products? Interesting...
-
- So is Commodore going back to making Calculators?
-
- Or is this an Amigaboy?
-
- Ohwell, doesn't matter. They'll never see the light of day.
-
- >So B E F O R E people start screaming about how the sky is falling and CBM is
- >going to go bankrupt in two weeks, I am posting this in the vain hope that
- >someone will actually read it, and not post another "CBM is Dying" msg.
- >
- >John
-
- Oh I don't know. It'd take more than two weeks just to file the papers.
- I'd give them at least a year. :-)
-
- But I am curious about these new models.
-
- I saw the Amiga ad in Byte this month. Somewhat impressive. Price tag
- was very high.
-
- Speaking of high prices...
- I've been reading a lot in the DEC magazines about the new Alpha PC,
- and Windows NT. Supposedly DEC will be showing off there system this
- fall, should be interesting. Heh, 5 times the speed of a 486DX-50, with
- an appropriate price tag I'm sure. They mentioned a $6000 upgrade to
- the current DEC 50 Mhz EISA machines, I believe.
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- Steve Sheldon sheldon@iastate.edu
- Iowa Cooperative Soil Survey Resource Unit
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