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From: rwm@atronx.UUCP (Russell McOrmond)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Commodore International (was RE: Purchase of an Amiga 3000 from the US)
Message-ID: <51349.655583670@atronx.UUCP>
Date: 10 Oct 90 17:34:30 GMT
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In-Reply-To: WHE46@ccvax.iastate.edu (Marc Barrett)

In a message posted on 9 Oct 90 19:34:47 GMT,
MB>   I say that the Commodore board ought to find a way to get rid of 
MB>Irving Gould, and make Copperman the president, CEO, and Chairman of the
MB>Board of Commodore International, Ltd.  This would allow him to turn 
MB>all of Commodore around, and not just the US subsidiary.  

Personally, I think that the US subsidiary is the one that needed it the most -
the Amiga seems to be selling quite well in other countries, and in a lot of
cases, receives more support.  The Amiga right now has a very good and building
software and hardware platform, but what we need most right now is Sales and
Support - These are the parts of the Amiga picture that the Individual
Commodore's take care of.

  Here's an example of something I don't expect to see here (Yes, I'm in
Canada, but Canada is just a 'purchaser' from the U.S., and seems to follow
a lot of the policy/etc).  Commodore Australia has gotten together with
their Police force, and is right now doing a major portion of their 'Mug Shot'
and InterPol transfers using Amiga equipment. C= Aus took care of the hardware
and software (Eithor themselves, or found the appropriate third party).
  Now, if this were to happen In Canada (It was from the RCMP that I found
out about C= Australia's setup) I don't know if C= Canada would be able to 
keep things going - They depend quite a bit on the 'Dealer Network' (Which
I am a part of at the store that I work for) and for the most part I do not
think this is the way to go.

  anyways....:Later

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