Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!nstn.ns.ca!news.cs.indiana.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!bcm!dimacs.rutgers.edu!rutgers!cunixf.cc.columbia.edu!cunixb.cc.columbia.edu!es1 From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.marketplace Subject: Re: Commodore's new mgmt Message-ID: <1991Jan28.170939.21100@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Date: 28 Jan 91 17:09:39 GMT References: <0.27A39EAE@mmug.mn.org> Sender: news@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (The Daily News) Organization: Columbia University Lines: 43 In article <0.27A39EAE@mmug.mn.org> Jarrod.Karau@f55.n282.z1.fidonet.org (Jarrod Karau) writes: >I have hearddisturbing stuff coming from a person close to commodore >about changes that are/may happen due to the new management with >copperman gone. > >1. AMiga educational sales will be halted, no more education deals. > If this is true than no one in the educational sales department knows anything about it! HIGHLY unlikely. >2. They will start discriminating against small dealers(they will >bundle equipment in larger numbers...if you want a 500 for a >customer you can only get 500's in bundles of 10) > >3. They will eliminate dealers at a certain profit/sales number. > Don't know about these two (sounds more like one). > Has anyone else heard of this? My only thought is that if they are >true commodore is forever gone in the computer industry. > > I see no evidence to assume that Commodore is about to do anything outright stupid. Commodore is well aware that their dealer situation is bad enough as is and doesn't need to be made worse. >-- >Jarrod Karau - via The Minnesota Macintosh Users Group UUCP-Fido Gateway ----------------------------------- Scuse me? >UUCP: ...uunet!tcnet!kksys!edgar!mmug!55!Jarrod.Karau >INET: Jarrod.Karau@f55.n282.z1.fidonet.org -- Ethan Why do the Reagans always fly together? Because if they flew separately, and one crashed, the other would have to talk to the children.