mike@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Mike Smithwick) (08/31/88)
["if it ain't fixed, don't break it"]
Hi! I back! This time with an almost useful piece of info.
From an article in Computer Currents a couple of weeks ago,
I read the following. . .
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Amiga Helps Commodore to Major Recovery
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The technically nifty Amiga computer is finally making a big impression
on the bottom line at Commodore. . .
Commodore has reported a six-fold increase in profits for the forth
quarter, and doubled earnings for the year ending June 30, 1988. . . .
The U.S. accounts for about 20% of Commodores sales. . .
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Commodre said fourth quarter profits rose to $12.2 million on sales of
$215.2. The prior fourth quarter saw earnings of $2.1 million on revenues
of $190.4 million. . .
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And in our humor department this evening we report the following note:
Atari's aquisition of the Federated electronics stores is hurting them
more than expected when auditors discovered that the chain's worth was
overstated by $40 million.
And now for an editorial comment. . .
HAH! HAH! HAH! HAH! HAH!!!!!!
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*** mike (starship janitor) smithwick ***
"You can fool some of the people all of the time, or all of the people
some of the time, but you can't fool Mom".
[disclaimer : nope, I don't work for NASA, I take full blame for my ideas]"michael stanley" <michael.stanley@canrem.uucp> (05/21/91)
To what I hear, from the reps at Commodore, there have been 3.5 Million
Amigas shipped, worldwide. They claim, by the end of 1991, there will
be roughly 5 Million Amigas (at the current rate of sales), and about 10
Million at the end of 1992. 5 Million Amigas sold in a year?!? I would
like to see Commodore do it, as their rep thought they could, but I
can't forsee it.
Michael.
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