Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!hpda!hpscda!hpqtdla!mikeb From: mikeb@hpqtdla.HP.COM (Mike Bryant) Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm Subject: Re: What personal computers are in Europe? in Isreal? Message-ID: <2080001@hpqtdla.HP.COM> Date: Wed, 29-Jul-87 23:48:16 EDT Article-I.D.: hpqtdla.2080001 Posted: Wed Jul 29 23:48:16 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 1-Aug-87 15:01:42 EDT References: <870720-074742-1198@Xerox> Organization: HP, Queensferry Telecomms (UK) Lines: 34 >marketing his services in Europe (England particularly) and Israel. ^^^^^^^ > 1. What computers are most common? Are they IBM PC compatible? Amstrad PC1512, Apricot and IBM PC - all MS-DOS > 2. What operating systems are most common? Are they MS-DOS/PC-DOS system? dBase II (he also has lots of experience with that)? dBase is NOT most popular over here - there are many others equal. > 3. How common are personal computers? Who has them? Are they used >for business use only? Personal use? Both? over 500,000 MS-DOS machines in homes. 2 in 3 homes have something e.g. Sinclair Spectrum. Business use IBM, Olivetti and Apricot mostly > 4. Is there likely to be a market for small business software for >handling customer and vendor bases, inventory, ordering, invoicing, etc? >What will the market bear, price-wise? Must the price be under $100? What does it do new? > Will a package that costs over $1500 sell? What's a $ ?? 1500 sounds like a lot, unless they're like yen!