Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!bagate!cbmvax!cbmehq!cbmger!peterk From: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: The ongoing glut of NeXT-related posts (Re: the recent glut of Amiga-related posts) Message-ID: <1225@cbmger.UUCP> Date: 15 May 91 06:32:33 GMT References: <1991May9.044759.27402@daffy.cs.wisc.edu> <1991May13.002647.187@sugar.hackercorp.com> <1991May14.131904.9788@sugar.hackercorp.com> Reply-To: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) Organization: Commodore Bueromaschinen GmbH, West Germany Lines: 23 In article melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes: > >In article <1991May14.131904.9788@sugar.hackercorp.com> peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) writes: > > > But you think that an IBM PC/XT > > is all that most people will ever need? > > It's all that J. Random Suit needs. > >Unless, he wants to run Lotus 123 3.0 or Excel 3.0. What is the >probably of that? Maybe you can market your idea? IBM doesn't even >make an XT anymore. You could sell $400 computers to all of those >fools who spend big bucks on 386 computers. And this is exactly what Commodore does in Europe. All people are telling about death of the XTs. Rubbish. We're selling tons of those little, cheap PC 10's and 20's (the latter even has a harddisk!). There are still enough people around who have to consider their wallet. -- Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel // E-Mail to \\ Only my personal opinions... Commodore Frankfurt, Germany \X/ {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk