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From: jdg@elmgate.UUCP (Jeff Gortatowsky)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Hey, Commodore Sales:  Amiga 3000 Warning
Message-ID: <913@elmgate.UUCP>
Date: 16 Apr 88 20:28:32 GMT
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Reply-To: jdg@aurora.UUCP (Jeff Gortatowsky)
Organization: Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY
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I hope CBM looks very closely at the market they *MIGHT* target for
the A-3000.  Many of the current ST/Amiga owners use workstations
(SUN/APOLLO/MIPS/uVAX etc..) at work.  I know that since my exposure
to Sun's computers, my idea of a "Personal Computer" has changed
quite a bit.  You know the 'type'.  Guy/Gal gets a Sun 3/160 (8meg,
1-280meg disk and 2 71meg disks) plopped in thier office as 'his/her'
system.  As I grew to accept this machine as MY system, my views of my
A-1000 (2 floppies and 1meg RAM) became somewhat jaded.

Before I don my aircraft fire fighting suit understand I like my
A-1000 a lot.  It just having been exposed to a system like the 3/160m
40+ hours a week I begin to *EXPECT* that as the computing
environent *ALL* computers should support, including the computer at
home.  I think it's called being spoiled.  I know I can't afford even
a fire sale Sun 2/50 with a 71meg 'shoebox' for home.  But I would
give anything (you know what I mean) for a "home workstation".

The question to CBM marketing is "Am I the norm? Or the exception?".
Or better yet, "Am I becoming the norm? The norm for the near future?".

If I'm "BECOMING" the norm then you (CBM) should look very hard at the
price of any future machines.  There may be more private people
willing to pay $2500-$3000 for a color workstation from CBM than
Fortune 1000 companies willing to pay $5000+ from CBM.  
Just a thought.......



PS. The nebulous "workstation" I'm referring to means, UNIX or some
multi-tasking protected VM OS, >800 x >600 color or mono rez display,
some kind of card cage,  and a memory sub-system that incurs 0 to 1
wait states even if not on the motherboard.  Hardware graphics support
(ie windowing) available if not standard.
-- 
Jeff Gortatowsky        .....allegra!rochester!kodak!elmgate!jdg
Eastman Kodak Company  
These comments are mine alone and not Eastman Kodak's. How's that for a
simple and complete disclaimer?