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From: preece@ccvaxa.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: New Atari Toy Computer
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Date: Thu, 16-Jan-86 10:08:00 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 16 10:08:00 1986
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> (the amiga *is* a business machine and would lose that market if it's
> price was lowered too much.) /* Written  6:51 pm  Jan 12, 1986 by
> cs195@sdcsvax.UUCP in ccvaxa:net.micro.amiga */
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I'm sure the Amiga people will be glad to know they have that
market to lose.

A "business machine" is defined by the people who buy it and the
people who write software for it.

A machine marketed to business is defined by the people who build
and market it.

So far, NONE of those criteria mark the Amiga as a business machine.
The amrketing is not business oriented, the machine's features are
not those previously recognized as desired by the business community,
the software available for it is not business software, and the
people buying it (from the admittedly limited public information
about who's buying it) are not business people.  The ONLY thing
about it that fits into the business computer market is its price.
Maybe business buyers will be fooled, but I doubt it.

I think the Amiga is a pretty nifty machine, with a lot of
potential.  Calling it a business machine is ludicrous.

-- 
scott preece
gould/csd - urbana
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