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From: doug@terak.UUCP (Doug Pardee)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: columbia experience
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Date: Fri, 11-Jan-85 16:46:36 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 11 16:46:36 1985
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> 	The only reasons I would steer you away from the Columbia are...
> 2). They were slow to release MS-DOS v.2.0, and may have similar problems
> 	in the future.

Similar problems?  According to the current issue of DTACK GROUNDED,
that should be the least of their problems.  "Columbia Data Products...
just reported a loss of $28.6 million on sales of $0.39 million in
its most recent fiscal quarter."  How long do you suppose a company
will last that takes in less than half a million while spending 29
million?

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Doug Pardee -- Terak Corp. -- !{hao,ihnp4,decvax}!noao!terak!doug