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From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A2000 & Commodore policy (a personal opinion)
Message-ID: <1543@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 12-Mar-87 11:38:11 EST
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.1543
Posted: Thu Mar 12 11:38:11 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 13-Mar-87 06:57:16 EST
References: <8703120204.AA02451@ingres.Berkeley.EDU>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <8703120204.AA02451@ingres.Berkeley.EDU> hatcher@INGRES.BERKELEY.EDU (Doug Merritt) writes:
>The following is from a letter that I mailed out. I decided to post it,
>along with a few lines of context from previous letters, in the hopes
>that it may shed some light on what's going on at CBM. With any luck
>it might even get seen by some of those at CBM who are in a position to
>make policy. Note that it reflects my own views of things, and I go further
>out on a limb with my opinions than I usually would in a posting.

A few general notes:

Interesting postings from the net do get reposted to an internal mailing list
and thus to some managment and marketing people who do not normally have access
to or time for netnews.  Whether these people pass the articles further up the
management chain is, of course, up to them.

In general we (peon engineering and support people) will quietly refrain from
comment on internal Commodore vs. Amiga issues.  This is partly to avoid
unwonted managment attention and partly from a desire to keep our dirty laundry
to ourselves.

At this point, it seems that the current (mostly empty) Amiga facility in
Los Gatos will be closed.  However, both Commodore and the Amiga people seem
to want to keep a Commodore/Amiga presence in the Los Gatos area and there
is an on-going discussion to determine the exact details of this presence.

One further note, especially for those who have a good line into Amiga gossip
is to please remember that every story has at least two sides.  The Commodore
that bought Amiga subsequently went through wringer and survived only by
implementing rather draconian cost control measures.  Life around here wasn't
very pleasant either...
-- 
George Robbins - now working for,	uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr
but no way officially representing	arpa: cbmvax!grr@seismo.css.GOV
Commodore, Engineering Department	fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)