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- From: sacke@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Elizabeth E Sack)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: CBM/Amiga vs NewTek/Toaster
- Message-ID: <1992Aug27.124058.11486@gn.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Date: 27 Aug 92 12:40:58 GMT
- References: <tdenbo.714750148@guru> <1992Aug26.222340.1234@pro-freedom.cts.com>
- Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
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- In article <1992Aug26.222340.1234@pro-freedom.cts.com> eeb@pro-freedom.cts.com (Ed Brown) writes:
- >
- > > ...Commodore told many of its dealers not to sign on as authorized
- > > Toaster Workstation dealers or else risk losing their official Commodore
- > > dealer status.
- >
- >My. What a nifty way of having your rear end torn off in court for
- >"illegal infringement of trade practices". CBM doesn't have a legal leg to
- >stand on with this and if they were stupid enough to write that down,
- >someone could have ripped 'em a new one. Manufacturers are NOT allowed to
- >dictate what retailers can sell or not sell. Sheesh...
- >
- >
- >*======================================================================*
- >|Edward E. Brown II | Internet: eeb@pro-freedom.cts.com |
- >|Chemist On A Mission From GOD! | UUCP: clark.edu!pro-freedom!eeb|
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- >|"Back off man, I'm a scientist!" | \X/ A3000 - UNIX/MSDOS/MacDOS/ADOS |
- >*======================================================================*
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-
- Well, since about July NewTek has not been allowed to put the Video Toaster
- Workstation sticker on the A2000s. So, since consumers will know what
- they are buying is actually an Amiga, I don't see why C= would care if
- a dealer stocked C= products and NewTek products.
-