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From: cmcmanis@stpeter.Sun.COM (Chuck McManis)
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Subject: Re: I've had it with CBM!
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Date: 22 Jan 90 19:42:08 GMT
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In article <15609@well.UUCP> theobaby@well.UUCP (Paul Theodoropoulos) writes:
>Commodore stock continues to wallow about in the neighborhood of 8-9 bucks
>a share. Advertising is but a faded memory since xmas. Apple continues to 
>garner huge amounts of newsprint over this or that breakthrough technology
>(such as the new GTV multimedia thingie, that runs on a stinking AppleIIGS
>of all machines!)

You are entirely to short sighted. Sure, Apple makes a good story, but
you will notice a couple of things :
	1) *All* of Apple's vaunted desktop video stuff only runs on the
	   Mac II. This is not what you would call "affordable" to the 
	   average consumer.

	2) Apple's stock is taking a nosedive and their earnings suck because
	   they don't have anything to replace the Macintosh SE (which is
	   no more than a Mac 128K with some minor enhancements) and it is
	   *6* years old. 

	3) At least after the Christmas advertising the general population
	   is asking "So what is this Amiga thing?" And when they make it
	   into a competent dealer they can and often do buy one. 

	4) The "business blitz" which is supposed to run this quarter isn't
	   out yet. But it should help as well.

Basically, Apple has stumbled and Commodore has a chance to fill that gap
that they left in the Macintosh line. Copperman is ex-Apple so he should
be able to recognize the signs. Don't be so anxious that you write off 
the company after a couple of months of advertising, they are battling 
years of entrenchment by IBM and Apple and that isn't easy. I don't 
think you will lose any money on your Commodore stock if you hold onto
it.

--Chuck McManis
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