es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) (11/01/90)
For the past quarter sales of Amiga software increased by 34%, as compared to 27% in the MS-DOS and the Macintosh markets. Sales of Unix software increased 400% and OS/2 software by 850%. Sales of Amiga WordProcessors increased by 80%. -- Ethan Ethan Solomita: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu GorbachevAwards++; free (SovietUnion); IndependentRepublics += 15;
zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle) (11/02/90)
In article <1990Nov1.074322.24051@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes: > > For the past quarter sales of Amiga software increased by >34%, as compared to 27% in the MS-DOS and the Macintosh markets. >Sales of Unix software increased 400% and OS/2 software by 850%. > Sales of Amiga WordProcessors increased by 80%. There are lies, damn lies, and statistics. Increased 34% as compared to what? The previous quarter? The same quarter last year? What do you mean by "sales"? Cash (dollar) amounts? Unit numbers? Dan Zerkle zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (916) 754-0240 Amiga... Because life is too short for boring computers.
sk2x+@andrew.cmu.edu (Sun Kun Kim) (11/02/90)
COMMODORE stock IS INCREASING as well. I don't think this is a related
topic but Commodore just past the $7 mark in a LONG while! Atari is
still hovering around the $2.
Sun...
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(Sig file v.2.2a)es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) (11/03/90)
In article <7915@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle) writes: >In article <1990Nov1.074322.24051@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes: >> >> For the past quarter sales of Amiga software increased by >>34%, as compared to 27% in the MS-DOS and the Macintosh markets. >>Sales of Unix software increased 400% and OS/2 software by 850%. >> Sales of Amiga WordProcessors increased by 80%. > >There are lies, damn lies, and statistics. In New York City, there are lies, damn lies and bus schedules! > >Increased 34% as compared to what? The previous quarter? The same >quarter last year? > Compared to prior year. >What do you mean by "sales"? Cash (dollar) amounts? Unit numbers? > I would ASSUME that it was referring to dollar amounts. That is the most relevant figure, IMNSHO. The article made special note of the increase in Amiga sales, calling it 'significant' I believe. Unfortunately the article is copyrighted so I can't reprint it in its entirety. > Dan Zerkle zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (916) 754-0240 > Amiga... Because life is too short for boring computers. -- Ethan Ethan Solomita: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu GorbachevAwards++; free (SovietUnion); IndependentRepublics += 15;