Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cunixf.cc.columbia.edu!cunixa.cc.columbia.edu!cmm1 From: cmm1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Christopher M Mauritz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: STE's in Europe..lack of SIMMS Message-ID: <1990Dec14.142756.28373@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Date: 14 Dec 90 14:27:56 GMT References: <3974@syma.sussex.ac.uk> <67@gcc.uucp> Sender: news@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (The Daily News) Organization: Columbia University Lines: 47 In article <67@gcc.uucp> stu892103@gcc.uucp (Flippin' like a flag on a pole..) writes: >> Can Atari really be so stupid? Can they really? Is it possible that they >> want to disable one of the best features of the STE, just to >> 'differentiate the market'? Nah, I think they just use the cheapest parts that happen to be around on any given production run. Your conspiracy theory about them wanting to do it to differentiate the market is far too clever. Don't give them any more ideas. :-) > --Someone is really making out on the deal when people buy a 1040 for much >more. Yes, it is safe to say that Atari is making a higher margin on the 1040 machines since the additional parts and labor do not even come close to the additional premium you pay for the 1040 over the 520. > >> But I think the best that can be said about Atari the company is that it >> would make an excellent case study for management schools, as an example of >> how not to innovate and market IT products. Agreed. > Good thinking, my management book here at college already has a few paragraphs > about Jack Tramiel as an example of bad management. (This is from when he was > with Commodore, but nothing seems to have changed.) :-( That is interesting. He must be famous. He is also mentioned in a book used by my friend at Columbia Business School in connection with the fall of Commodore after the initial success of the Vic-20/C-64 boxes. I'm sure he is making money regardless of how he butchers the company. It is the stockholders that are getting burned. >Steve Greer Cheers, Chris ------------------------------+--------------------------- Chris Mauritz |D{r det finns en |l, finns cmm1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu |det en plan! (c)All rights reserved. | Send flames to /dev/null | ------------------------------+---------------------------