CompuServe Messages

That's more or less my feeling on the matter. If it's really all because of the dollar fluctuations, although I have not seen the balance sheets so I couldn't say, then development and R&D ought not to be targeted. Certainly US sales ought to be targeted for improvement to help prevent the dollar sensitivity of the profits. To that end, improving Amiga sales would be an important step. To achieve that goal, Commodore MUST make some solid moves into corporate America, REAL SOON. I know that I have been banging this drum for some time now, but it still holds true. Real profits will NOT come from home computer sales. They are still the bread and butter of the company, and that's a dangerous thing, since luxuries such as computers (and they ARE luxury purchases for MOST consumers) are the first things cut in a downturn. Since a recession, mild or not, is being predicted by many practitioners of the dismal science (that's Economics, to the uninitiated <grin>), CBM had best get off its collective rump and start things rolling by: 1) Announcing the 3000 2) Announcing the development of connectivity to major networks such as Novell, 3Com 3+, and TCP/IP (which they already have) 3) Coming out with 1.4 before year's end. Of these three the second is perhaps the most important, since that connectivity would permit corporate users to push for the acceptance of the Amiga in business without the sacrifice of compatibility. –Gabe