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From: nick@hp-sdd.HP.COM (Nick Flor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A1000 -> A2000 expansion box?
Message-ID: <763@hp-sdd.HP.COM>
Date: Tue, 17-Mar-87 15:38:09 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 17 15:38:09 1987
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In article <10195@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> lachac@topaz.rutgers.edu (Gerard Lachac) writes:
>
>Has IBM/Apple ever subsidized?  Hey, this would be great if you bought a Mac
>and now wanted a Mac SE...
>
This is not the point.  The point is that if by subsidizing, Commodore
can realize a greater profit (see my response to Mike Meyer), then
they should do it.  

This BS about so and so never doing X is total NONSENSE.

What would happen if Amiga Inc. took the attitude:

"Well, geez, IBM doesn't have a multi-tasking OS or a blitter, nor does apple, 
 so the thought of doing it is absurd.  We'll do what everyone else
 is doing I-B-M- P-C COMPATABILITY!!!"

But of course they did not take the "so and so never did X" attitude and so
now we have a new generation of computers.

You do what makes money.  Who cares if you take a loss in the short run
as long as you can recover the amount plus more later on.
This scheme of mine has as a residual affect of customer satisfaction.
While I realize that customer satisfaction is not the *primary* goal
of a business (making money is), it sure helps bring in the revenues.

>And you're not losing "functionality".  The A2000 is 100% (that's right, 100%)
Hardware functionality.

Think profits next time, not current industrial trends.

I know I promised to try not to post anymore, but these e-mail flames
containing nonsense about 'so and so never doing X' so why should
Commodore do so, had to be cleared up.

Nick

BTW, this may seem to contradict what I've been saying (it doesn't if
you understand my point), but remember long ago when software and software
updates used to be free?  Then, some clever fellow/company decided to 
charge for software?  I suppose you are going to tell this person
that "so and so isn't doing X" and he is a buffoon and that he should cut 
it out before we all spank him.
-- 
+ Disclaimer: The above opinions are my own, not necessarily my employers'.
/ Nick V. Flor / ..hplabs!hp-sdd!nick / Hewlett Packard, San Diego Division
* "What's going down in this world, you got no idea.  Believe me."-The Comedian
- "Less Thunder with the Mouth, More Lightning with the Fists."