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From: figmo@tymix.UUCP (Lynn Gold)
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Subject: Re: "New Coke" Alternative
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Date: Tue, 16-Jul-85 23:32:10 EDT
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> > Maybe if the Coke Company loses enough of its previous
> > customers, it will come to its senses.
> > 
> I give the new Coke about 6 months before the company starts to
> go under. I predict that the old formula (AKA "7X") will be revived
> and marketed in parallel to the new junk at a much higher price.
> Probably a few 'select' bottling plants will produce it. They will
> market it as 'Gourmet Coke' and probably charge $2.50 per 2 liters.
> 
> 					Howard Moskovitz
> 					AT&T Info. Systems
> 					attunix!howard

I guess you haven't heard: the old Coke ("7X") has been re-released
as "Coca-Cola *Classic*" and is, in fact, being sold alongside New Coke.

If I were you and I wanted to protest the silliness of Coca-Cola's decision,
I'd boycott them altogether.

As for me, I only drink diet sodas, so I haven't been affected.

--Lynn Gold
...tymix!figmo