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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
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Date: Tue, 1-Dec-87 19:03:55 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec  1 19:03:55 1987
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In article <7755@prls.UUCP> gardner@prls.UUCP (Robert Gardner) writes:
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>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.

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