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- From: sheldon@iastate.edu (Steve Sheldon)
- Subject: Re: New machine sales
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- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 07:40:47 GMT
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- In <1jmb0fINNstr@pith.uoregon.edu> ggiles@cie.uoregon.edu (Gregg Giles) writes:
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- >James R. Burley II (jrb@jrb.larc.nasa.gov) wrote:
- >: Does anyone know how well the new AGA machines are selling? Commodore
- >: had a terrible last quarter and their stock has been sliding ever since.
- >: I'm hoping for a turn around with the next quarterly earnings due out at
- >: the end of Jan '93.
-
- > I've been hoping for a Commodore "turn around" for about five years now, and
- >I've finally come to the conclusion that they are just totally hopeless when it
- >comes to America. I held stock up until 1991, and I dumped it. It's gone down
- >ever since then.
-
- Agreed, it's a long time to hope and hope...
-
- > The local Software Etc. is now down to two shelves of Amiga software -
- >maybe a maximum of 20 titles. That's downright pathetic. Even the A600 that
- >was on display for a couple weeks is no longer around. It's do or die time
- >for Commodore. No more futzing around, no more trying to turn a profit on
- >margins... it's time to sell some friggin machines so developers will start
- >writing software for the machine.
-
- Yikes! I'm impressed. You mean your Software Etc. actually had an A600?
- The ones around this part of the country stopped carrying the A500 last year
- some time. And before that they just kind of got stuck in the back of the
- room behind the Nintendo's.
- --
- sheldon@iastate.edu Steve Sheldon
- Project Vincent ICSS Resource Unit
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- Iowa State University
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