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From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: LIVE paleontology
Message-ID: <2118@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 15-Jul-87 07:14:19 EDT
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.2118
Posted: Wed Jul 15 07:14:19 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 17-Jul-87 06:13:39 EDT
References: <8707110358.AA14188@unisoft.UNISOFT>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <8707110358.AA14188@unisoft.UNISOFT> doug@certes.UUCP writes:
> Summary: LIVE-- enquiring minds want to know, and Commodore *does* seem
> 	to have a death wish (ack! Pournelle was right!)
> 
> In article <8707081106.AA14611@unisoft.UNISOFT> doug@certes.UUCP writes:
> $ A-Squared designed
> $it, and sold the manufacturing rights to Commodore, who then sat on it and
> $apparently refused (?) to make and ship the d*mn things. 
> 
> In article <2086@cbmvax.UUCP> higgin@cbmvax.UUCP (Paul Higginbottom SALES) writes:
> >I am not at liberty to discuss this matter in depth, but I would like you
> >all to remember that this represents ONE side of the story only, and that
> >you should not comment on this unless you know the whole story.
> >	Let's all try to keep the traffic down :-)
> 
> Sorry, I don't buy this. I have been trying to find out what the story is,
> that's all. The LIVE digitizer is the most atrocious case of vaporware yet
> seen on the Amiga, always promised to be available Real Soon Now, but always
> encountering yet another delay. Most recently A-squared actually announced
> that they were taking orders, and passed out an 800 number for the purpose,
> but that was bogus too.

I'm sorry if Paul's response was unsatisfactory or seemed abrasive, but it
really isn't within the perogatives of the technical/support people from
Commodore that post to usenet to posit theories about why management made
some particular product decision.  It is also less than appropriate to
venture opinions on the product, now that we are no longer planning on
marketing it, nor discuss the business prospects or character of A-squared
or it's successors.

This is not a particularly pleasant piece of evasiveness to post, but please
try to understand our situation...

-- 
George Robbins - now working for,	uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr
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