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From: paolucci@snll-arpagw.UUCP (Sam Paolucci)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: AM(iga un)IX
Message-ID: <80@snll-arpagw.UUCP>
Date: 22 Mar 89 02:30:10 GMT
References: <1366@hub.ucsb.edu> <2426@sbcs.sunysb.edu> <6370@cbmvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: paolucci@snll-arpagw.UUCP (Sam Paolucci)
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In article <6370@cbmvax.UUCP> jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup) writes:
->In article <2426@sbcs.sunysb.edu> rick@sbcs.sunysb.edu (Rick Spanbauer) writes:
->>	Yes, and as I recall one company was set to field a really 
->>	innovative disk controller that was basically killed by the 
->>	announcement of the 2090.  By cutting the legs out of disk/memory 
->>	markets Commodore killed quite a few R&D buggets at third party 
->>	houses.  Since at least some development cost is written against
->>	sales of bread&butter products like disk/memory you no doubt
->>	have a bit less innovation as a direct result of Commodore playing
->>	in that market.
->
->	However, if commodore has no product in that market, it isn't taken
->seriously by a number of potential buyers/markets, in particular the business
->market/hig-end home market/whatever the 2000 was aimed at.

That was exactly my point.  I will venture to say that most 2500UX
will be bought by businesses, and not for home use.  And the business
market is going to think about twice before buying a 2500UX if
Commodore does not provide an Ethernet card and networking software
with support.  Particularly TCP/IP, NFS, and RPC.  That is what the
Unix competition offers, and that is what the Unix market demands.
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