Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!midway!gargoyle!igloo!ddsw1!corpane!sparks From: sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Two Millionth Amiga Sold Message-ID: <3673@corpane.UUCP> Date: 20 Nov 90 19:36:22 GMT References: <30851@<1990Nov15> <46200145@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> <1990Nov19.132121.373@darwin.ntu.edu.au> Organization: Corpane Industries Inc., Louisville, KY Lines: 48 caldwell_m@darwin.ntu.edu.au writes: >In article <46200145@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>, jhc00614@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes: >> >> The only thing that's disappointing, is that I've heard 3/4 of the sales >> were in Europe. (Is this pretty close to the figures?) >> Let's hope sales in the U.S. get a boost this Christmas. >> Jason >I find Americans with this kind of attitude a pain. Are people who buy >amigas but are not from the US second class or something? I don't think he meant it as a put down to people outside the USA, but that: 1> There are not that many Amigas sold over here (USA) as compared to europe. 2> In Europe the Amiga is selling better than the USA and it has a better reputation over there. 3> If there were more Amiga's sold over here, maybe it would get a better reputation over here. or 4> Maybe if Amiga had a better reputation over here, it would sell more. 3 and 4 are probably intertwined. The Amigas reputation in a particular area (such as USA or Europe) seems to be tied to sales in that particular area. Telling people that there are over 1.5 Million Amigas over in Europe doesn't help its reputation over here, just as it would not help its reputation over in Europe if the sales figures were reversed. Considering overseas owners as 'second class citizens' who's opinions don't count, doesn't really come into it at all. It's more like "I don't care what the Amiga is doing anywhere but right here", which is typical for anyone to think, even Europeans. I am sure they don't really care that IBM clones outsell Amigas in the USA, any more than Americans care that Amiga's outsell IBM clones in Europe (if they do, it's just an example) So I think what Jason was disapointed in was that because most of the sales were overseas from the USA, it means that the Amiga's reputation will continue to be poor over here, at least until we can get the numbers-of-units-sold-in-the-USA up a bit higher. -- John Sparks |D.I.S.K. Public Access Unix System| Multi-User Games, Email sparks@corpane.UUCP |PH: (502) 968-DISK 24Hrs/2400BPS | Usenet, Chatting, =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-|7 line Multi-User system. | Downloads & more. A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of----Ogden Nash