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From: TK0GRM1@NIU.BITNET (Gordon Meyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: that magic number...
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Date: 12 Jul 89 02:50:00 GMT
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In a recent digest Dan Moore wrote:
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  >  There are over 15,000,000 PClones in the US.  Around 4,000,000
> Macs and over 1,000,000 Amigas.
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Are you sure that there are one million Amigas in the *U.S.* ?
Commodore, like Atari, won't fess up to a number sold, as least
as far as I've heard.  Last time I saw the magic 1 mil associated
with Commodore it was for worldwide sales.
I'm not trying to start a numbers war here, and I'm certainly not
going to pretend that there have been more ST's then Amiga's sold
in this country, but I don't think the numbers as posted were
accurate.
Okay..okay..it's all a moot point.  The real concern is the lack
of software for BOTH machines.  Most industry writers will lump
together when and say niether has managed to get a real market
share.
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