Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!spice.cs.cmu.edu!mjp From: mjp@spice.cs.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: A1000 -> A2000 expansion box? Message-ID: <1167@spice.cs.cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 17-Mar-87 12:00:25 EST Article-I.D.: spice.1167 Posted: Tue Mar 17 12:00:25 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 18-Mar-87 07:22:58 EST Reply-To: mjp@spice.cs.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi) Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, CS/RI Lines: 40 Keywords: A1000 A2000 expansion zorro subisdy I don't think that Commodore could afford to subsidize the *purchase* price of A1000->A2000 expansion box. But I think they could afford to subsidize the *development* of such a box, which would in turn enable third parties to sell their product more cheaply, since they have less R&D capital to reimburse. I don't know the specifics of Commodore's financial situation, but there's certainly an optimal point at which they could maximize the benefit of such subsidies while minimizing the amount of the subsidies. This could be very hard to calculate, given the instability of the computer marketplace. The other problem Commodore would have to avoid is favoritism. If they give one third-party company their "blessings," this could upset other third-party hardware producers to the point where they would bow out of the Amiga marketplace. That would be very bad for all amiga owners, not just those of us with 1000s. So Commodore would have to make this assistance available to many third-party hardware producers. That could also be draining financially. So while in theory subsidies may be a nice idea, they probably wouldn't work as well as expected, and getting them to work well would require some planning and forecasting. Myself, I can't afford all the cards to go into the slots in the 2000, so I'll just keep my 1000 and be happy about it. --M -- Mike Portuesi / Carnegie-Mellon University Computer Science Department ARPA: mjp@spice.cs.cmu.edu UUCP: {harvard | seismo | ucbvax | decwrl}!spice.cs.cmu.edu!mjp BITNET: s314mp1u@cmccvb, rainwalker@drycas (pick one) "Amiga hackers do it graphically, with lots of sound effects" "Mac owners dream in black and white Atari owners dream in color... but Amigoids dream using Hold and Modify!"