Path: utzoo!dciem!dretor!chk From: chk@dretor.dciem.dnd.ca (C. Harald Koch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Amiga 1000 (was Transactor, Vol 1 Issue 3) Message-ID: <1314@dretor.dciem.dnd.ca> Date: 29 Dec 88 15:58:08 GMT Article-I.D.: dretor.1314 References: <12713@cup.portal.com> <1295@dretor.dciem.dnd.ca> <5552@cbmvax.UUCP> Reply-To: chk@dretor.dciem.dnd.ca (C. Harald Koch) Organization: NTT Systems, Inc., Toronto, Canada Lines: 31 In article <5552@cbmvax.UUCP> jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup) writes: >In article <1295@dretor.dciem.dnd.ca> chk@dretor.dciem.dnd.ca (C. Harald Koch) writes: >>Then there is Canada, were there is not and never was a trade-in offer. >>Naturally, we are somewhat upset (and toasted Dr. Reuben (sp?) for it in >>a meeting recently). > > That's Dr. Henry Rubin. Also, he's not in charge of Commodore >Canada (or whatever it's called). That's a more-or-less independant >sales company. They make their own marketing/sales decisions. Sorry for the confusion. More complete description: Dr. Rubin was addressing a group of developers at the World of Commodore in Toronto. He was going on and on about Commodore's dedication to its users, about not abandoning all those people who invested early in an Amiga. As they bring out new hardware, he said, Commodore intended to retain compatibility with the early machines. He was, of course, talking about the Amiga 500 and 2000. When asked about the Amiga 1000, his response was that, as everyone knows, that is a rather special and unfortunate case. And besides, we all had the opportunity to upgrade to a 2000, right? He was then informed that no such offer existed in Canada. He left in a cloud of dust. -- C. Harald Koch NTT Systems, Inc., Toronto, Ontario chk@zorac.dciem.dnd.ca, chk@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu, chk@chkent.UUCP "I give you my phone number. If you worry, call me. I'll make you happy."