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From: BARRETT%FOREST.ECIL.IASTATE.EDU@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Marc Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Commodore Woes
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Date: 11 Apr 90 03:40:55 GMT
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   This is a terrible thing to say about a person, but I cannot wait
until Irving Guould dies.  He has done nothing but try to kill the
Amiga since Commodore bought it in 1984.  What with those multi-million-
dollar annual bonuses he gives himself (10% of Commodore's annual
profits!) and expense account expenses, he is still trying to kill
the Amiga.

   I am ashamed to be a Commodore stockholder.  I did not buy the stock
for profits, but so that my letters to Commodore would carry more weight.
But Guould and Mehdi Ali (actually, I think Mr. Ali is an even worse
threat than Guould) have done absolutely nothing to reward stockholders
for their investments in the company.

   Last Fall, Commodore spent $16 Million on an advertizing compaign.
At the same time, Guould and Ali grabbed a total of $4 Million for
themselves.  What did these two do to deserve that much money??  They
don't deserve big bonuses, THEY DESERVE TO BE SHOT!!

   At a time when Commodore is really struggling to gain a market
share in North America -- and is resorting to laying off critical
technical support people in Canada (how is THAT supposed to increase
sales, anyway?) -- these two people (I hesitate to call them that)
are doing nothing but attempt to speed up the sinking.  I really
hope Copperman has the guts to do something (anything!) to overthrow
these two, so that Commodore can really get some work done.


                                   -MB-