sneakers@heimat.UUCP (Dan "Sneakers" Schein) (09/15/88)
[ Is your line eater a male of female? Mines male and id like to mate it :-) ]
Sorry but I lost Leo's original message, this is an addition to the
"CBM sucks and is all washed up" thread of messages.....
When I went to work for CBM (back in March 85) their stock was less than
$5.00 a share (Boy do I wish I would have bought some). They just had their
biggest layoff ever the previous October. Then they had a 50% across the
board layoff my 3rd week there!! Not to mention I gave up a job 5mins. away
from house to drive 45miles (over 60 mins) *1 WAY*. Plus the pay CUT I took
to start at Commodore.
Im crazy you say. I didn't think so and I still don't! Lets face it CBM
is not IBM, that first letter makes a big difference. If I may compare
computers and Commodore to baseball, Commodore is the Balt. Orioles of
computers. Their good, they have good players, they have good managers
and coaches, but their not going to win the world series. IBM however is
the New York Yankess of computers, they have good players, good managers
and coaches, most likley none better than the Orioles. So why do you hear
of the Yankees all time, why do more baseball fans and non-baseball fans
know of the Yankees, not to mention that their team logo is by far the MOST
recognizable in the world!
The answer? A 5 letter word called "MONEY". Remember the thing Leo said aside
from and then he went on to list all the things that can be done with money?
Ill admit that CBM has had some bad ad's for the Amiga in the past (like
the dead baby posters). But things are 400% better now, CBM still doesn't
have alot of money to spend on ad's, but when they do it is spent on the
places where CBM can get its largest return on the dollar. Lets face it
some of the tv shows and events that Apple and IBM sponser do not exactly
attract rocket scientists or corporate computer buyers as their viewers!
So relax, step back a few paces and take a look at the whole picture. I
think youll see that things are geting better and that we do have a future.
Well thats my $.02 worth. Oh yea for those who just have to know why I
left CBM when I love it so much, it was so that I could be closer to home
and my wife & daughter. A damn hard decision, but one im happy with (for
now ;-)
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