Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken!sun-barr!newstop!sun!stpeter.Eng.Sun.COM!cmcmanis From: cmcmanis@stpeter.Eng.Sun.COM (Chuck McManis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Tower Amiga 3000 Message-ID: <137383@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> Date: 15 Jun 90 19:13:25 GMT References: <697.2678CF7F@weyr.FIDONET.ORG> Sender: news@sun.Eng.Sun.COM Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, Ca. Lines: 22 In article <697.2678CF7F@weyr.FIDONET.ORG> (Vince Cleniuk) writes: >Another question, if/when C= releases the Amiga CD Rom 'Entertainment >Unit' (or whatever), won't it just re-affirm the 'C= only makes game >machines' image that Commodore doesn't need? This is a marketing/positioning question. What if Commodore marketed the "Commodore Entertainment Machine, from the people who brought you the Commodore 64" This would not be confused with "The Amiga Computer, your choice for multimedia and computing in the 90's." The only problem arises if they try to make the CDTV box an "Amiga" which it isn't. I would much rather they position it as a thing like a C64 that, given some peripherals and such, can run some Amiga software like games." See the difference? How many people when they see an Amiga know Commodore makes it? Suprisingly few is the answer. -- --Chuck McManis Sun Microsystems uucp: {anywhere}!sun!cmcmanis BIX: Internet: cmcmanis@Eng.Sun.COM These opinions are my own and no one elses, but you knew that didn't you. "I tell you this parrot is bleeding deceased!"