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From: david@bdt.UUCP (David Beckemeyer)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Ha ha ha ha, ho ho ho ho, he he he... Atari 030 box (giggle)
Message-ID: <202@bdt.UUCP>
Date: 2 Apr 88 23:46:34 GMT
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Reply-To: david@bdt.UUCP (David Beckemeyer)
Organization: Beckemeyer Development Tools, Oakland, CA
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I agree with Chuck (<47483@sun.uucp> cmcmanis@sun.UUCP) mostly, except:
>.... Of course most computer companies get blinded by
>the glitter in the fortune 500. Little do they realize that there are 
>more secretaries, admins, and paper pushers, at those companies than 
>engineers. And those people will buy 8008 based computers if they get
>the job done for them. If we don't figure this out the Japanese will I
>guaruntee it.


I agree that there are a lot of people in this group, but I fear that
none of them buy software.  That means that, like the clone market, some
(fill in the Silicon belt nation here) will sell the hardware, and there
are no benefits to the US economy, because everybody just pirates all
the software they need.  We already know that the US can't compete with
the manufacturing capabilities of our competitors in the east.  So there
are good reasons why the US companies target the Fortune 500.  That's
where they can compete.
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