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From: nwickham@triton.unm.edu (Neal C. Wickham)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: New Thread: What _REALLY_ makes a product successful?
Message-ID: <1991May20.201958.10118@ariel.unm.edu>
Date: 20 May 91 20:19:58 GMT
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In article <1991May20.173553.11809@convex.com> swarren@convex.com (Steve Warren) writes:
>Here is how IBM "stumbled" onto standards:  because they had larger systems
>that had extremely low performance/price ratios when compared to a
>state-of-the-art micro, IBM decided that they could not afford to sell a micro
>that encroached on their other, more costly systems.  So they designed their
>micro systems to be slow and memory limited.  They picked a microprocessor
>that they felt would not threaten their other product lines, and they put
>together a system that was altogether underwhelming.  Then they marketed it as
>if it were an innovation, and it worked.



I believe the theory that IBM intended to cripple the PC market by getting
business to standardise on there crippled architecture.

I can remember the IBM PC media blitz where you'd see several PC comercials
on TV every night and see an ad in about every magazine.  Remember Charlie
Chan and "modern times"?  Then they let everyone and their dog use the words
"IBM Compatible".


 
>The CDTV has these things going for it:
>
>1)  First to market (major importance).
>
>2)  Limited licensing (giving lip service to standards).
>
>3)  Good margin (my guess. - This is what made the PC attractive for cloners).


CDTV also has hundreds of programers world wide who know how to program for
it.

And it 'seems' like Amiga becoming "the" desk top video platform will mean
that people in that field will also be able to dabble in CDTV.  Disney, for,
example already has software for the Amgiga.  What if they get behind CDTV?


Also, didn't Amiga hit the 3 million mark in less time than did Mac?


                                            NCW