Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!think!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!jade!web6b.berkeley.edu!c60a-2ae From: c60a-2ae@web6b.berkeley.edu.BERKELEY.EDU (John Kawakami -O^O-,,,) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Number of ST's out there and GDOS fonts Message-ID: <6145@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: Tue, 1-Dec-87 19:03:55 EST Article-I.D.: jade.6145 Posted: Tue Dec 1 19:03:55 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 5-Dec-87 01:31:56 EST References: <394@sdcc15.UUCP> <35030@sun.uucp> <7755@prls.UUCP> Sender: usenet@jade.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: c60a-2ae@web6b.berkeley.edu.BERKELEY.EDU (John Kawakami -O^O-) Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 25 In article <7755@prls.UUCP> gardner@prls.UUCP (Robert Gardner) writes: > >Robert Gardner >P.S. I actually LIKE seeing Atari advertising its game systems so heavily. >Maybe I'm crazy, but I sure get upset seeing these computer companies that >finally put together a powerful, usable machine that can have LOTS of >potential benefit for children and home use abandoning the home and >educational markets for the business market. Is it really that bad to >sell to the home and educational markets? Apple abandons the low-end market, >leaving it wide open for Atari and what does Atari seem to be doing? >Abandoning the market... I'm also a fan of the home market, but the business market is where the business is.(pun intended) Let's face it. Most home users buy a bare bones system or a mid-size system and wait for prices to drop a bit before buying. I don't know of many casual users shelling out 700 bucks for a 30mb disk. Besides, the home market does not buy overpriced service contracts and expensive software. There is just more money to be made by selling 10 full blown systems to a business rather than trying to sell 5 systems in a town. Besides, not too many average people have a need for a computer _system_ whic is usually quite expensive. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | JoHn KaWaKaMi alias spectacle -O^O- alias c60a-2ae@widow.berkley.edu | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+