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From: kurt@fluke.UUCP (Kurt Guntheroth)
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Apple, Atari, Amiga, and Bankruptcy
Message-ID: <938@vax2.fluke.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 20-Sep-85 11:24:11 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 20 11:24:11 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 21-Sep-85 06:14:33 EDT
Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Everett, WA
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So Commodore Intl, parent company of Amiga, is in technical default.  Look
at Atari; with massive debt, hit with massive layoffs, forced to discount 
its 8-bit systems to keep cash flowing while they rush development of the ST
line.  They gotta make a hit by Christmas or its curtains.  Look at
(relatively successful) Apple.  Layoffs, declining profits, shakeups in the
board of directors, faltering sales, slipping schedules.  Apple wont go
bankrupt this year, but still they are in none too good shape.  Even the
giant, IBM has been surprised by the softness of the market.  How do you
think all the people who bought the PCjr ("I'll be safe and go with IBM")
feel right now.

If you want the Amiga or ST to be a success, go and buy one because it is
the one you want.  If people will look at the price/performance and features
of computers and stop listening to media doomsayers, both of these machines
will be a success.

No affiliation with Commodore, Atari, Apple, or IBM.
-- 
Kurt Guntheroth
John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc.
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