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From: paolucci@snll-arpagw.UUCP (Sam Paolucci)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Connectivity -- Amiga's Missing Link
Message-ID: <117@snll-arpagw.UUCP>
Date: 21 May 89 00:19:54 GMT
References: <8905191505.AA06770@decwrl.dec.com> <105883@sun.Eng.Sun.COM>
Reply-To: paolucci@snll-arpagw.UUCP (Sam Paolucci)
Organization: Sandia National Labs, Livermore, CA
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In article <105883@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> page@sun.UUCP (Bob Page) writes:
->The problem Wes and Harv have with the Amiga is that they want it to
->be something Commodore is not interested in.  CBM has repeatedly said
->(at user group meetings, AmiExpo, press interviews, etc) it is not
->after the broad "business" market, but want to target specific markets
->(albeit the markets the machine niched itself in years ago while CBM
->was trying to keep the Amiga a secret) like video, music, "desktop
->presentation" and the like (and I keep hearing rumors about
->'education' but that's been 4 years of lip service).  The fact is they
->aren't interested in getting the Amiga into engineering shops,
->government installations and all that.  If it happens, great!  But CBM
->has other priorities for its advertising/marketing dollars.
->
->Keep in mind I'm talking about the USA operation here.

I think that you are probably right, but I was just reading something
about Copperman being hired to take care of the US operations, and in 
the article said that Commodore wants to increase its penetration in the
educational market and expand the use of value-added resellers as well
as to enhance the dealer distribution network.  It said that this
strategy was intended to expand Commodore's presence in business,
government and educational markets without affecting its strength in the
consumer sector.

So I think that either Commodore should put up or shut up.  If they think
that the way to get in the educational market is just with lip service,
than maybe somebody should tell them to study Apple's example.  If
they think that they can get in the business or government market
without networking, with or without UNIX, they are plain dum and should
should be told that they should just stick with the low end consumer market,
because obviously they don't understand the markets they are trying to
get into.

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