roger_earl@outbound.wimsey.bc.ca (Roger Earl) (04/18/91)
xgr39@news.iastate.edu (Marc Barrett) writes.. > People around here have been glorifying in the increased Amiga >sales in Europe to the point that they have been blind to the fact >that the Amiga market in the U.S. is dying. The U.S. now accounts >for less than 8% of Commodore's world-wide sales, and this will likely >get worse as Commodore focuses more and more on Europe. With this in >mind, I have been quietly predicting for many months that NewTek >would find the MAC market totally irresistable, and I was right. Well thats a bad statement and horrible usuage of sales figures if I ever saw one. Sure, the US Amiga market is alot smaller than the European market. Even on pure population that is to be expected. But because the US market is 8% of total sales doesn't mean it is dying. I'll bet that US sales this year are up from US sales last year, thats the only way to tell. Sounds to me that you live in a Mac town. I don't know what its like in Iowa, but the Amiga is just booming here in Vancouver. About this 'stand alone' Toaster we have been hearing about. Its just a Toaster and an unlabelled A2000 aimed at a market that is specifically anti-Amiga. I think its a great idea and its pretty funny that people who have been avoiding the Amiga in the past will be scooping them up just for the Toaster. __________ | ______ | ________ | | | | | ______ | 'But that isn't a fair | | | | || || comparison. People | |______| | ||______|| like the Etch-A-Sketch.' | | | o o | | _ _ _ _ _| |________| (|__________|\ | ________)_ Roger Earl [^] | | roger_earl@outbound.wimsey.bc.ca [_] |__________|