Re: The Apple ][ was cool!

[Charles Richmond <richmond@ev1.net>]

Rubywand wrote:
> 
>      [snip...]     [snip...]     [snip...]
> 
>      Once Commodore picked a design and released the Amiga, a lot more than
> clever marketing was required to make it a high-volume seller which could stand
> toe to toe with PC over the long haul. Just for starters, Amiga needed to
> acquire (fairly quickly)  7 or 8 PC-style slots while reducing price. Mainly,
> though, Commodore had to be willing to forego quickie profits in return for
> success in the longer term.
> 
In the computer industry, *not* many companies believe in the "long term".
And quite a few of those companies have been right. (;-)) IMHO all the
companies can see is "how did we do this quarter"...

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