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From: jgray@pilchuckDataio.UUCP (Jerrold Gray)
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Subject: Re: IBM RT: first impressions
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Date: Thu, 20-Feb-86 10:48:56 EST
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> > Seriously, though, whenever you bring in a certain three letters
> > into the subject, then performance becomes moot.  Certain people,
> > many of whom are in the position to make purchasing decisions,
> > would tend to buy anything and everything they can from IBM.  If
> > the RT does get off the ground, it won't be because of performance,
> > but simply because it has an 'IBM' label on the front.
> > -- 
> > Tim (radzy) Radzykewycz, The Incredible Radical Cabbage.
> 
> Riiiiiiiight.  Just like the PC Jr. had. (Note past tense).
> 
> Ed Nather
> Astronomy Dept, U of Texas @ Austin
> {allegra,ihnp4}!{noao,ut-sally}!utastro!nather
> nather@astro.UTEXAS.EDU

I tend to aggree with Tim to some extent. The PC Jr. was not targetted
toward the same market as other "business" machines. If you may recall
a good percentage of the marketing hype on the PC Jr. was toward home
use. I don't know of anybody in the profession spectrum who considered
the PC Jr. a serious business or engineering contender.

The RT on the other hand is closer to the business/engineering/scientific
market arena than the PC Jr. ever was. If they play their cards right
(marketing-wise) the IBM label will become very important.

Personally I don't think I would ever buy anything IBM makes.

				Jerrold L. Gray
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