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From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Blaine Gardner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: Burn MACWorld... BURN!
Message-ID: <1991Apr20.143544.27691@javelin.sim.es.com>
Date: 20 Apr 91 14:35:44 GMT
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Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
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jsibley@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu (James Sibley) writes:

>   And besides, Mac users are used to paying inflated prices for what they buy.
>So, who's the wiser??  NewTek.  A mainly Amiga related company.  No harm done
>to the Amiga community by taking some extra cash out of Mac users pockets.  I
>do think it is a bad idea for Commodore to give in so easily to scrapping the
>Amiga for parts..  :^}

Why is OEM'ing the Amiga a bad idea? CBM is actively purusing OEM
applications of the Amiga. While they lose the name identification, they
can sell a lot more Amigas that may never have been sold if not for the
OEM arrangement. 
-- 
Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland  580 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108
blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com                               BIX: blaine_g
DoD #46           My other motorcycle is a Quadracer.            FJ1200