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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Subject: Re: CDVT and CD-I
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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1991 04:02:23 GMT

In article <arctngnt.7786@amiganet.chi.il.us> arctngnt@amiganet.chi.il.us (Bowie J Poag) writes:
>
>Laurana: Im going to take your name down, and contact you in a year, then you
>can epxlain to ME why CDTV failed, why Commodore was completely sluggish in
>advertising it, why CD-I is supported by >4< companies, and CDTV, oh a
>whopping >1< company that even still is on the edge of going bankrupt if they
>continue to avoid marketing.
>
	Until now, I just put you in the category of people who
find a problem at Commodore and overdramaticize it. There is Marc
Barrett who overdramaticizes how bad the Amiga graphics and R&D
situation is (I'm hardly saying they are ideal). Then there was
you who was nailing CDTV cause of marketing. Fine.

	BUT. Commodore is NOT on the edge of going bankrupt. They
are, in fact, doing quite well for themselves "Thank You Very
Much (tm)". They are now profitable every quarter, not just two
of them. Their sales last Christmas made that quarter the third
best in their history (earnings were also high: tripled from the
prior year).
	Commodore is in VERY sound fiscal shape. The A500 is the
best selling computer in Britain and I believe also in Germany
(perhaps the PS/2 55 is bigger, I seem to remember hearing). So
please, let's not bring this to a "Commodore is close to
bankruptcy" discussion.
	You are entitled to your opinions about Commodore's
ability to market and sell CDTV. I think I'll just wait and see.
I'm tired of trying to guess what CBM will do next. 8-)
	-- Ethan

"...Know-Nothing-Bozo the Non-Wonder Dog, an animal so stupid that it
had been sacked from one of Will's own commercials for being incapable
of knowing which dog food it was supposed to prefer, despite the fact
that the meat in all the other bowls had engine oil poured all over it."