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From: simon@ivem1.uucp (Simon)
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Subject: Re: Commodore Business Machines
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Date: 26 Jun 91 18:20:19 GMT
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>They're going to have to find the money from someplace. Ever heard the
>phrase: "You have to spend money to make money?"
>
>Laurana
>|lmbailey@vela.acs.oakland.edu  | couldn't get any worse.              |

Does that mean you're going to help finance them? :^)  And not just
1 or 5 Amigas being bought.  It's easy to say "they need to find the
money" but it's a little harder to get it, especially with the tight
budget times we're in right now.  CBM is just like you and me, they
have a limited budget and funding.  They can't just go and pump money
they don't have into R&D or into customer support or other limited
areas, but they have to distribute it into many different areas in
order to make the company work.  I believe they're working on many
of the problems you are addressing, but it's not an overnight thing.
It takes time, maybe years, but if one or two people start bailing
out because of their short term goals or lack of, then CBM is sure
to crumble.  Marc needs to see that, as goes for the other people
who feel that CBM isn't doing their best.  Wait a while and see.
Who knows, CBM may end up beating Mac in sales, just as did the C64.
CBM is a "home computer company" while the others are "big business"
companies.  With that kind of a label, it's gonna take CBM a while
to become established as something more than just the average user's
computer company.

-Simon
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