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From: sss10@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Napalm)
Subject: Re: Wake Up Commodore!
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Date: Sun, 24 Mar 91 23:51:10 GMT

In article <1762@umvlsi.ecs.umass.edu> pswanson@umvlsi.ecs.umass.edu (Paul Swanson) writes:
>In article <1991Mar21.012514.16805@news.iastate.edu> xgr39@CCVAX.IASTATE.EDU writes:
>>   It has been slashed as a percentage of total sales.  For the fiscal
>>year 1990, Commodore invested 3.5% of their total sales in research and
>>development.  According to Commodore's Third Quarter Report, for the
>>first three quarters of fiscal year 1991, Commodore invested 2.2%
>>(approximately) of their total sales in research and devlopment.  If
>>this is not a slash, I don't know what is.
>>
>>                                   -MB-
>>
>Before I thought MB was just a whiner but this post proves to me that he
>is in fact an idiot.  I usually try to give people the benefit of the
>doubt but MB has just lost all credibility as far as I'm concerned.  I
>don't think there is a single person on the net that would like to work
>for a company which adjusted its R&D budget every quarter to maintain a
>fixed percentage of sales.  This would be idiotic.  I think MB should
>stop giving business advice to Commodore.
>
>Paul.

Well, just like he says "If this is not a slash, I don't know what is."
He's right for once. He doesnt know what a slash is. If Commodore spent
less money on R&D this year than last, that is a slash. However if sales
increase faster than money spent on R&D then you will see the R&D percentage
of sales figure drop, which is quite possible. You could increase spending but
MB will still say cbm is slashing cutting. His logic is amazing.