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Subject: Tandycentricity
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Date: Tue, 10-Dec-85 15:23:12 EST
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From: Paul Gardner  <gardner>


> From: perl@rdin.UUCP (Robert Perlberg)

> to use does not mean that it should not be included with a system.  The
> real answer to Hal's question of 'Why?' is more than obvious to anyone
> who's had much experience with Tandy products -- they make it hard for
> you to use non-Tandy stuff so you're forced to buy Tandy junk.  Plain
> and simple.

> Robert Perlberg

Yes, it is clear that Tandy wants you to use only Tandy products, isn't
this true of most companies? Tandy just goes a bit beyond what others do
by actually making it *hard* to use anyone else's product in conjunction
with a Tandy product. I don't think this is an attempt to "force you to
buy Tandy junk", but instead get the impression that they don't want to
get involved in the headaches of Joe Blow trying to put a Speedo disk
drive ($70 retail!) in his TRS computer and then crying to Tandy when the 
damn thing makes the motherboard smoke.

My family owns a Model III so I've dealt first hand with "Tandycentricity".
I have to admit that it does bother me a bit. I hope Tandy realizes
that from the hobbyist-consumer point of view Tandycentricity is a negative
vote for buying Tandy. Maybe they do and there's a better reason for it
than my speculations above. It would be nice if a Tandy person stepped in
and straightened us all out on the official policy if one exists.

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Paul C. Gardner 
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