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From: rehrauer@apollo.hp.com (Steve Rehrauer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Commodore Business Machines
Message-ID: <1991Jun28.173833.12652@apollo.hp.com>
Date: 28 Jun 91 17:38:33 GMT
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In article <1991Jun26.211411.7138@news.iastate.edu> taab5@isuvax.iastate.edu writes:
>   The original Amiga company that made the Amiga (or, as it was called back
>then, the Lorraine) was a joystick company that spent every penny of their
>corporate incoming (and then some) on development of the Amiga.  They 
>invested every dime they could earn or borrow in their dream.

So, from a purely capitalistic point of view, who was the more successful?
Amiga Inc. which failed, or Commodore who has had fair success selling the
Amiga computer?

>   Now, answer this: where would the Amiga be today if, instead, these
>people at the original Amiga company had, instead, played it safe and only
>invested 2.5% of their corporate income on development of the Amiga?  

Be sure to drop us a line when you're gainfully employed, Marc.  I, at
least, will be interested in hearing how much of your brain-sweat and
personal fortune (or at least, credit rating) you've risked, say, 2-3
years later to build _your_ dreams.  You'd be ever so much more persuasive
had you a few battle scars of your own.

And Christ, that box before you is a *computer*, not an altar.  Stop
praying to it for miracles.

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