No more A2000s?
Joanne,
I disagree.
Why? Because of the current dealer situation in the United States. Most
of our professional sales are based around products that solve unique
problems for the customer. This is true for most Amiga dealers. Right
now we have two major solution packages that have no "PC" competition.
One of them is the Toaster and the second is InfoChannel/SCALA Multimedia.
While I do not like the thought of NewTek bullying Commodore around, I
like even less Commodore deciding to ignore them. I think both of them
need to take a 'dose of reality' pill. Newtek needs Commodore and
Commodore needs Newtek.
The percentages of machines sold mean nothing, but I dare say that your
figure of 1% does not reflect the US situation at all. Perhaps
world-wide, but not here.
Give me a product that allows me to compete with the PC for the business
market, at a price that is affordable. I don't think you can find me one.
In order to sell to business in the US, we MUST be able to do either
deliver a solution that is far less expensive than any other or we must
have an innovative product that doesn't exist on the competition's
hardware. We both know that out of the barrel Amigas can not compete for
the Word Processing, Database or Spreadhseet markets. Price of the Amiga
systems alone would stop most. The inavailability of the packages that
compare with the winners in the PC market would make this effort a joke.
That is why Amiga dealerships have turned too the professional market to
stay alive. It is called "solution" selling. The Toaster and
InfoChannel/SCALA offer a product that has no competition in the business
community. Ergo, we can now get into businesses where we could never have
dared to venture before.
Do you expect dealerships to live on the crumbs the mail order crowd
leaves? Tell me, just how can I sell an Amiga 600 at $399 against a $299
machine? Hell, I can just barely buy the A600 from Commodore at $299.
The A1200? It will suffer the same plight. Mail order will rule except
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