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From: vsolanoy@ozonebbs.UUCP (Victor Solanoy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Still no Ami businessware.
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Date: 18 Mar 91 18:36:54 GMT
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> 
> I don't know, but I don't see where it's my "responsibility" to do
> anything at all to help the machine succeed. I may *desire* the machine
> to succeed (which I do), but I don't have the funds, resources, time, or
> the interest, simply because the end result is just giving more money to
> Commodore.
> 
> If I do the selling, I expect the money and the profit.
> 
> Commodore, if you sell the machine, then you deserve your money. But
> don't tell me it's MY responsibility to sell YOUR machine, and watch YOU
> get the money for it.
> 
> It's not "Commodore does its part, now you customers do your part"; this
> is Commodore's ballgame completely.
> 
> 		- Their machine,
> 		- Their profit,
> 		
> 		but most of all,
> 
> 		- THEIR work in promoting it.
> 
> And gee, Commodore, maybe if you actually did more than "your half",
> you'd find your customers a little more eager to scream out "I'm an
> Amiga owner, you should be, too!" 
> 
> "The Amiga" is not a cult. It's a machine. The customer's
> "responsibility" to it ends after he signs the check.
> 
> I love the Amiga. I want it to succeed. But I feel that Commodore must
> wake up and take ALL the responsibility in promoting it and supporting
> it, and stop relying on and exploiting the "word-of-mouth" customer
> network, which is the ONLY thing that has made the Amiga survive from
> the A1000 models years ago.
> 
> 					\marc
> 

I know that the message quote is a bit long, but I remember that Forbes did 
an article on Commodore and the Amiga (might not have been Forbes.. but some 
other respectable reader), but the article mentioned  something about what 
Marc mentioned....   just wanted to let Marc know he's not alone in his 
feelings... because I personally feel the same way. 
 
I know Commodore doesn't have the big financial backing of Apple Computer 
or NeXT, but a decent attempt would be nice....  Stevie Amiga really doesn't 
cut it.
 
   Victor