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From: manes@vger.nsu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Future of 500 (was help on installing 1meg agnus)
Message-ID: <90.27254ef3@vger.nsu.edu>
Date: 24 Oct 90 12:21:07 GMT
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In article <6876@sugar.hackercorp.com>, peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
> I'm sorry, but anyone saying the A500 should be restricted because of
> *marketing* reasons had better get ready for serious flames. It was bad
> enough abandoning the A1000 and it's only got 100,000 or so in circulation.
> With most Amiga users being A500 owners Commodore would pretty much kill
> what remains of their credibility with a move like that.
> -- 

Perhaps you should open a dealership, and learn about this the hard way.
Contrary to popular belief there is not enough profit in the A500 to keep
dealers alive.   Unless they sold mailorder, but hey, you don't want that
do you?  You might say sell the peripherals...well most 500 owners don't
purchase many upgrades.  Most 500 owners we have dealt with simply buy the
machine to play with, the rare exception is someone who is doing real
work with it.  Perhaps this is different from region to region.

They have to sell the Amiga 2xxx/3xxx to be viable.

How do you propose to improve sales of the A2xxx/A3xxx without spending
a great deal of money on R&D, and delivering a solution - NOW, when it is
needed most?

I do not believe Commodore can afford a big TV ad campaign again, and 
currently all of the products are in the midst of re-organization (at
least from my viewpoint)

Sorry, but I see little choice for Commodore.

BTW:  Improving a product is NOT a requirement of Commodore.  Supporting
a product is a requirement.

Also, interestingly enough, my mail box has yet to have the first flame.
Perhaps this has now changed.

> Peter da Silva.   `-_-'
> <peter@sugar.hackercorp.com>.

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