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From: a143@mindlink.UUCP (Ed Meyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A3000 vs n*xt...but I'm sooo poor!
Message-ID: <3898@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 21 Nov 90 13:00:07 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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> mr3@ukc.ac.uk writes:
>         [...]
> I think that if Commodore price the Unix machines just right, they might
> just manage to start getting _people_ to buy them instead of just firms
> and institutes. This would help to increase public awareness of UNIX
> and (hopefully) eventually lead to the ultimate destruction of MessyDos.
> 
> >BTW...The 3000 is still my favourite of the two...
> 
> Of course !!!
> 
> MiKe
> 
> Sorry, I'm new to csa and haven't got down to writing a footer yet!

From my experience, a market is created and/or acquired: you "buy" it either
with enthusiasm and/or money.  If what you're selling is so desparately
desired, then prices can go to up considerably.  If competition is keen then
you have to buy your way into the market: loss-leaders, promotions, rebates,
kickbacks, ad nosium.  As Apple and Commodore (C64, et al) found out, once you
have the installed base, people keep coming back and product recognition
increases dramatically. Elsewise a small market segment capture results
typically.  Look at what is happening with Mac' and Next prices.  Look at the
behind-the-scenes activity that caused Lotus to develop for the Next.  Of
course it depends on how aggresive Commodore-Amiga wants to be: if
the egotists at the very top really want a rush, do whatever is necessary to
get one of there "babies" in to every home, school, R&D, D&D and commerce
centers, and then go around saying "see what we did." ... and in the mean time,
they'd have benefited a lot of people.  Gee, is that a "win-win"?