Rumor Update
31-May-94 05:03:21
Sb: #149556-Rumor Update
Fm: Brian Bartlett 72037,570
To: Steve Ahlstrom 76703,2006
Steve,
frankly, while I'm not usually a pessimist when it comes to this
platform, I'll believe any of this when I see it. I know you only quote
what is out there, but there are serious problems with the postings to
date.
If Samsung were serious, the news should have been out by now and it
hasn't been. Samsung has always had a problem in their microcomputer
divsion with serious losses and I can understand why they might want to
consider picking up CA to replace their current clone line. However, the
delays speak volumes in terms of their decisiveness here. I firmly
believe that if they were that committed to picking up the entire line, it
would have been announced in a couple of weeks. Instead we linger on by
death's door.
Ergo, they aren't that serious about continuing the line. If they
were, the buyout would be fact and the first advert campaign would have
been started. A month lag is deadly in this industry. Sad but truth.
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