Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga:76518 comp.sys.amiga.misc:193
Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!kth.se!cyklop.nada.kth.se!ludde
From: ludde@nada.kth.se (Erik Lundevall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: opean Personal Computer Sales?
Message-ID: <1991Jan22.154151.12458@nada.kth.se>
Date: 22 Jan 91 15:41:51 GMT
References: <73.279A91D9@ijcr.fidonet.org> <1991Jan22.145423.467@cs.umu.se>
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Lines: 24

In article <1991Jan22.145423.467@cs.umu.se> dvljhg@cs.umu.se (J|rgen Holmberg) writes:
>In article <73.279A91D9@ijcr.fidonet.org> Darin.Arrick@ijcr.fidonet.org (Darin Arrick) writes:
>> In Europe, the PC doesn't have such a stronghold as in the States. The 
>>Europeans look at other alternatives, mainly the ST and Amiga.
>> 
>
>He is rather far from the truth. The PC, while not as dominant as in the US,
>certainly has a firm grip on the market. The second best selling machine is
>the Mac, with Amiga and ST bringing up the rear. There are no other brands
>worth mentioning right now. The Amiga is outselling the ST everywhere and
>I think it is gaining ground on the Mac as well.
>
>/Jorgen

One has to remember that Europe is not just one single homogenous market, but a
number of different ones. As Jorgen points out, PC-clones are quite strong, at
least in some countries. I find more similarities between Sweden and the US than
between Sweden and Germany regarding the market share.

-- 
-Erik Lundevall             "You never fail until you have stopped trying"
email:  ludde@nada.kth.se
        ludde@adder.bula.se
        uunet!cbmvax!cbmehq!cbmswe!adder!ludde