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- From: eggert@lclark.edu (Jonathan Eggert)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: Forbes Article
- Message-ID: <1992Aug13.210759.7352@lclark.edu>
- Date: 13 Aug 92 21:07:59 GMT
- Article-I.D.: lclark.1992Aug13.210759.7352
- References: <1992Aug13.172515.10362@pellns.alleg.edu>
- Organization: Lewis & Clark College, Portland OR
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- In article <1992Aug13.172515.10362@pellns.alleg.edu> heidelj@alleg.edu (Jason Heideloff) writes:
- >Can anyone summarize what the Forbes article said? This is the first I
- >have heard of "The Forbes Article"....
- >
- >Thanks,
- >Jason Heideloff
- >heidelj@alleg.edu
-
- The Forbes article basically summed up exactly what Atari owners have been
- saying for years now. They cited examples of how the Tramiels tried to enter
- the market with inexpensive computers and VERY little advertising. It seemed
- to consider this to be Atari's downfall. Their marketing just hasn't been
- there. The article ended with a statement saying that the Tramiels had been
- successful with the same strategy for Commodore but that it hadn't worked for
- Atari and that the Tramiels aren't adaptable people.
-
- They threw in some statistics also. I remember a comment about Jack Tramiel
- checking expense account receipts to make sure that restaurant tips didn't
- exceed 15%. They also mentioned a time when Sam Tramiel dissallowed a
- shipment of a couple cartridges overseas for a meeting with a big account
- because shipping was $54.
-
- There wasn't a lot of good news in the article, if any.
-
- -Jon Eggert
-