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From: wolf@cbnewsh.att.com (thomas.wolf)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: The Future of Commodore.
Message-ID: <1991Jan10.141324.26899@cbnewsh.att.com>
Date: 10 Jan 91 14:13:24 GMT
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From article <1991Jan10.034113.21163@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG>, by mykes@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Schwartz):
...some good comments deleted...
> 
> It seems to me that the current products are all video oriented and even if
> these products are excellent, the Amiga can only be considered a machine used
> by a vast minority of hobbyists and video game junkies.  Commodore seems to
> want to make a Unix machine real bad, but it looks like the Unix market is
> not really doing that well and is not a real good market to be going for.
> Sun was going to make a new public offering (stock market) before Sadaam
> screwed up our economy but decided against it because they couldn't get a
> decent price for the stock.  You see, the industry analysts just don't think
  ^^^^^^ They couldn't get the price they wanted.  Whether that was a "decent"
         price for the stock is subjective :-)

> that Unix is booming...
> 

Forecasting UNIX machines' future based on the performance of particular
companies in the stock market is somewhat haphazard.  I don't think that
manufacturers of UNIX equipment have fared any worse than other computer
companies.  With respect to what "industry analysts" say:  I've read quite
the opposite - that UNIX-based machines will proliferate in the '90s...It
really depends which "analyst" you ask :-)

Tom


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