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From: ali@rocky.STANFORD.EDU (Ali Ozer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Commodore public relations
Message-ID: <410@rocky.STANFORD.EDU>
Date: Sat, 11-Jul-87 12:17:09 EDT
Article-I.D.: rocky.410
Posted: Sat Jul 11 12:17:09 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 12-Jul-87 16:42:42 EDT
References: <8707110358.AA14196@unisoft.UNISOFT>
Reply-To: ali@rocky.UUCP (Ali Ozer)
Organization: Stanford University Computer Science Department
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In article <8707110358.AA14196@unisoft.UNISOFT> doug@certes.UUCP writes:
>Commodore's public relations policies in other areas however, sometimes seem
>to be much less enlightened. My last posting pointed out that boondoggles
>with products like LIVE, Sidecar, Transformer 1.2, Genlock, and U.S. sales
>of the 500 and 2000 can be alienating...

Was 500 really all that much delayed? It became available at the end of
June --- That's just a few weeks (or maybe a month) later than what was
originally speculated.

About Live! --- Didn't Commodore let go of the product a long while back? 
Thus they have no control over what happens to it (especially right now).
And maybe they gave it up for something better?

>... You buy a MacIntosh, you *naturally* get MacWrite and MacPaint. ...

These days it's "you buy a Macintosh and you go pirate MacWrite and
MacPaint off of your friends." I don't think these two programs are
bundled with the machine anymore; they are seperate products. They must
be among the most pirated programs in existence. (As most people seem to
feel they have a right to these programs...)

Ali Ozer, ali@rocky.stanford.edu