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From: marc@osu-cgrg.UUCP (Marc Howard)
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Subject: Re: A wierd thought...
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Date: Wed, 4-Jun-86 21:19:22 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun  4 21:19:22 1986
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> Here is a question, for the sake of discussion:  What if Tandy had bought
> Amiga instead of CBM (or if Tandy and CBM got together)?  
> 
> My $.02:
> 1) CBM has never marketted a product of the Amiga's caliber in the US.
> 2) Tandy has good advertising, good relationship with the public, and
> .  already markets several products that are used in the same market that
> .  the Amiga PC seems to fit into.
> 3) Tandy has thousands of support and sales centers all over the place.
...
If Tandy is soooo good at making computers then why is it when I go into
ANY Radial Slack store and buy something the clerk writes up my receipt
using a "BICwriter" and a pad w/carbon paper copies????  Don't they trust
their own machines and/or personnel????
...
> 4) We'd get to see Bill Bixby doing an Amiga commercial :)
...
Frankly, I'd hold out for Ray Walston...the poor fellow hasn't had steady
work since "My Favorite Martian" went off the air. -:)