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Subject: Re: A wierd thought...
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Date: Sun, 15-Jun-86 00:57:48 EDT
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[ "Send lawyers, guns, and money ..." ]

> Kim--
>   On the other hand, those folks who have brought out Amiga products are
> doing VERY well with them.  (If you want to see a pleased person, take a
> look at Bill Volk of Aegis!)
> 
> Naturally, some of this is due to the products being plain good.  But much
> of it is due to the lack of competition!  The Amiga is going to make some
> small companies into big companies, believe me!
> 
> The amazing thing to me is just how much third party support already
> exists for the Amiga, Commodore's efforts notwithstanding.

Right you are, Bob!  And many of the applications are far superior to
anything that will ever run on a PC.

On the other hand, in order to do moderately well in the *traditional*
(read conservative, with a considerable investment in existing s/w)
business market, recognized names and products such as Lotus, Ashton-Tate,
etc. would be a big plus ... along with an *intelligent* advertising
campaign on CBM's part (which has been truly abysmal, to date).

In any case, it may well be a moot point ... *if* CBM can get the
Sidecar out the door in a reasonable amount of time, at a reasonable
price, with the capabilities and expandability that was reported at COMDEX,
and *most importantly* with high RELIABILITY and ROBUSTNESS ...

Good to see you and RJ back on the net ... hope you will continue to make
it to the BADGE meetings, also (next one is the 19th).

/kim
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