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From: knudsen@ihwpt.UUCP (mike knudsen)
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Subject: Re: A wierd thought...
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Date: Mon, 9-Jun-86 19:02:23 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun  9 19:02:23 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.
> 4) We'd get to see Bill Bixby doing an Amiga commercial :)

Who is Bill Bixby?  Does RShack advertise on TV?


If Radio Shack had the Amiga---

It would have come out with OS9.  Tandy pioneered this OS
on the Color Computer, thus keeping the Coco alive for
several more years (it's still going strong).
(As it is, OS9 for Amiga is about to come out.
It already has for the ST, which needs it more).

There would be less speculation about how much longer the
Amiga will last.  Tandy has deep pockets and could keep it
around and support it well enough till it caught on.

Unforch, RS has announced that their only interest is in
chasing Icky BLue Mush.

mike k

Tandy is a euphemism of Radio Shackedup, Inc.