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From: gary.farmaner@canremote.uucp (GARY FARMANER)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: C128 D & 64C
Message-ID: <89061907171911@masnet.uucp>
Date: 12 Jun 89 18:49:00 GMT
Organization: Canada Remote Systems Limited, Mississauga, ON, Canada
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Perry,
 
 Clearly, there is some effort to kill the C128D and 64C from 
non-Commodore sources. For some reason this rumour is racing around 
North America. It has ZERO basis in fact. 
 
 People stop purchasing machines when they hear they'll be discontinued,
thus spreading a rumour can be factor. 
 
 Recently, Word Perfect Corporation dropped a bombshell on CompuServe 
which claimed that only 300,000 Amigas had been sold in North America. 
That their product (a commercial word processor) had reached saturation 
levels, and that they would no longer develop new products for the Amiga
(originally, they were going to abandon the word processor as well).
 
 Clearly, the Amiga has not sold anywhere near the numbers its power is
dictating. C64s continue to be purchased is large numbers. C64 owners 
continue to upgrade to C128s (two reader surveys in the last year 
indicated that more C64 owners plan to upgrade to a C128, than the
Amiga). If the C64 and C128 were out of the way, then theoretically more
Amigas would be sold.
 
 I beleive that some Amiga owners, or developpers are attempting to 
sabotage the Commodore 8-bits to boost the Amiga's fortunes. And 
persistant rumours are an excellent way to do it.
 
 Don't beleive rumour, get the facts. Phone Commodore and ask.
 
Gary
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