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From: jwb@ksuvax1.cis.ksu.edu (Jeff W. Brogden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Stability of Commodore/Amiga
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Date: 24 Feb 90 06:06:52 GMT
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I would like for everybody to take a step back, think carefully about the
problem and reply with an intelligent, sound response.  I *DON'T* want to
see a bunch of fanatical replies that simple play the Amiga up better than
it really is.

About two years ago, I bought my Amiga after much soul (and pocket)
searching.  My biggest concern was with the stability of Commodore as a
business.  I didn't want to buy an A2000 with my hard earned cash, only to
have it orphened(sp?) out from under my by Commodore.  As is evident, I
took the plung, and have never regreted it since.

Today, I was talking to a faculty member over in the Journalism Department.
The have a lab full of Mac's for their students to use.  Somehow it came up
that I owned an Amiga.  His response was as follow:

	"You know, the Amiga offers a lot for what it costs.  I could
	 have filled the lab with Amiga's at half the cost of the Mac's
	 and would have had money left over for other things.  I came
	 real close to doing it, but the thing that held me back was
	 Commodore.  I just didn't know if I would wake up tomorrow, and
	 still find Commodore in business.  We can't afford to have
	 a bunch of machines with no support."

This was not the first time I have heard people say things like this.  This
is a real shame, since they bought about 25 Mac's with assorted
ImageWriters and LaserWriters.

So, the question is, how stable is Commodore?  This question has inevitably
been discussed before, so please e-mail me your responses.  Are we going to
wake up only to find our beloved Ami cast into the black hole of
unsupported machines?  Also, how do you convice someone that the Amiga is a
"safe" investment?  IBM and Apple have a reputation that is VERY hard to
beat.  People feel safe with them, and that's how they sell computers at
the prices they do, IMHO.

Again, please e-mail me your discussions to the address below.  Send me any
and all advise on how to convince people the Amiga is "safe".  Most people
recognize that the machine has a lot to offer nowdays, but they are not
willing to "take-the-plung".

Thanks,


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