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From: pab@po.cwru.edu (Pete Babic)
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Subject: Commodore's Government Contract
Organization: Case Western Reserve University

In the August AmigaWorld I saw the Following: "The US Treasury 
Department's award of a five-year Departmental Microcomputer Acquisition 
Contract II to Sears Business Systems spells success for key subcontractor 
Commodore. The estimated $400 million deal is Commodore's first victory in 
the federal marketplace. CBM, which established an office in Washington, 
D.C., just last Sept., will offer 68030-based Amiga workstations under the 
agreement." I don't know much about how government contracts work, does 
this mean the entire $400 million will be used to buy Amigas? That would 
come out to about 100,000 amigas running business applications in gov. 
offices. I would think this would really spur the development of some 
mainstream business programs for the Amiga. Anyone have any comments about 
the ramifications to the Amiga user community as a result of this and 
future contracts?

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Integrated Library Systems
Case Western Reserve University
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