fwp@unccvax.UUCP (Rick Pasotto) (10/15/87)
Excerpted without permission from "Computer Reseller News", Oct 12, 1987 COMMODORE ENLISTS TOY AS PRESIDENT Industry veteran Max Toy, generally credited with engineering the expansion of ITT Corp.'s Xtra Business Systems division's PC product line and strengthening its distribution channels, last week was named president and chief operating officer of Commodore Business Machines Inc. Toy, who held the post of vice president of sales and government products for Xtra Business Systems and had been with the company for two years, said he resigned his post "for a greater opportunity." [ . . . ] "It [Commodore] is a significant company that has solid foundation stones to build from," he said, indicating that he intends to "solidify Commodore's relationships not just with distribution channels but also in establishing strategic alliances." In his new post, Toy will report directly to Commodore International Ltd. chairman and chief executive Irving Gould. "Commodore has acteas an independent company with good software relationships," Toy said. "Its strengths right now include integrated manufacturing and design capabilities and a large, loyal installed base," he said. According to Toy, Commodore maintains an installed base of about 12 million systems throughout the world, 10 million of which are in the United States. Toy said he was undaunted by Commodore's previous flagging fortunes in challenging Apple Computer Inc.'s Macintosh systems with its Amiga computers. In fact, Toy said he plans to use the Amiga line to land VAR agreements for Commodore, based on that computers strengths in desktop presentation and its audio/video capabilities. Those plans were supported by Gould, who said in a prepared statement that Commodore sought Toy because "Max has over 12 years of personal-computer-industry experience and has established solid distribution networks and VAR programs." ---END-OF-EXCERPT--- Sounds promissing to me. Maybe our beloved Amiga WILL make it as a business machine. Rick Pasotto
kent@xanth.UUCP (Kent Paul Dolan) (10/15/87)
Anybody giving odds on someone as strong willed as Gould being able to put up with a super-achiever in the presidency any longer this time around? (Oh, well, the stock was inching back up from the massacre until the recent record market nosedive. Maybe there's till hope for my retirement fund!) -- The following is an unpaid political announcement; the usual remedy for this kind of drivel is the 'n' key: ;-) Want to go to Ganymede? In person? In this lifetime? How about a little less money spent on guns, and a little more spent on protecting the survival of the species by dispersal? Kent, the man from xanth. Half-serious Birthright Party candidate for president in 1988. "The Birthright of Mankind is the Stars!" "It's a nasty job, but somebody's got to do it. How about you and me?" "All it takes is Net Power."