c184-au@holden.Berkeley.EDU (Dan Filner) (05/16/89)
I understand from a local dealer that he read an article in this week's
issue of a dealer mag called "Computer Reseller" or something-reseller
(my bad memory, not his) that Commodore just announced/revealed
that they are shifting their emphasis away from the Amiga and are going
to push their PC line at the expense of the Amiga. I was told by him
that this is due to the small market share and small niche that the Amiga
holds. Figures he stated were such that Commodore has "about 1000" PC
dealers but only 900 Amiga dealers - and that the Amiga growth potential
is nearly zero compared to that of their clone line.
This does not sound good.
I may be hopelessly behind the news, but the person giving me info
believed it recent and I thought it significant enough to follow up here on
the net. Has some insidious marketing decision forecast the doom of the
Amiga or was this guy just blowing smoke in my trusting, innocent(ha!) face?
This sounds exactly like the kind of thing a company would love to tell
one side of its market (the PC side) while fearing a backlash from the other
side...
In any event, I thought from all I've >PREVIOUSLY< heard that the Amiga
was doing well enough - I've never had to pay much attention to the
"other" machines C makes.
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Dan Filner UCBerkeley - c184-au@holden.Berk...
Atari ST Owner/Programmer John Russell Industries
Amiga Fan. Contract Programming(68K and C)
"How'd you know she was a Nazi?" "She talks in her sleep..." - Dr. Jones
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