Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!tridom!atssc!fang!att!cbnewsl!cbnewsm!bunny From: bunny@cbnewsm.att.com (Laura A. Eppright) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: New Thread: What _REALLY_ makes a product successful? Message-ID: <1991Jun4.135044.1233@cbnewsm.att.com> Date: 4 Jun 91 13:50:44 GMT References: <2472@cluster.cs.su.oz.au> Organization: AT&T, Piscataway, NJ Lines: 23 In article <2472@cluster.cs.su.oz.au> force@minnie.cs.su.OZ.AU (Jason Henry Den Dulk) writes: >In answer to what REALLY sells a computer, i have a few answers. > >1. Reputation > The ONLY reson why people originally bought IBM PCs was because > it was sold by IBM ("Nobody ever gets fired for bying IBM"). IBM > itself admitted that it was only a mediocre computer, but > everybody bought it anyway, because of IBM. Also Commodore's > bad reputation has done it's share to dampen the sales of the > Amiga. I once read a quote which I thought was quite true. It said something like, "IBM is like Elvis Presley; it doesn't matter what either one comes out with, because it will still sell." Of course, this isn't taking into account the PC jr and most of the movie music. :-) Laura -- Laura A. Eppright | AT&T, 30 Knightsbridge Rd | I'm never sarcastic. Piscataway, NJ att!attmail!leppright |