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Something just occured to me… anyone here ever hear of a company called
Applied Electronics? They manufactured over 600,000 of the C64's, (as well
as 70% of all of Texas Instruments calculators, GemStar's VCR Plus, and a
zillion other things that go whiz bang and pop) are a major OEM
electronics giant in the consumer goods arena and have been exploding
their sales by marketing products under the brand name Quorum (Quorum
International, Inc. a susidiary of Applied based in Phoenix, incorporated
just 2.5 years ago, now doing $250 mil/yr).
Applied is cash rich (no debt) and has a market capitalization of over
$400 mil. Follow the money folks. <g>
Quorum has just opened up its European offices in Holland, Belgium and
Paris (after a $75 million successful bond issue last year that oversold
by 25%) and is slotted to open for business in Germany, Spain, Italy and
Australia this year and/or next.
Would be an interesting fit indeed based on what sj has cited about these
C= companies being distribution companies, not manufacturing.
For anyone who is interested, Applied International Holdings is a publicly
traded company on the Hong kong exchange, and was listed in Money
Magazine's December issue as being "the hottest stock in the world" up
617% in 1993 (as well as the November Forbes).
Applied also owns a company called Applied Electronics Limited that is
based, guess where? Yup. The Bahamas. <g>
note: pure conjecture, 100% speculation, period. <g>
They sound like a great potential buyer. For a second there, I thought you
said "Applied Engineering", a floppy maker, who I think recently went out of
business, at least in the Mac market.
It would be kind fo funny if it were Applied Int'l that bought C=… I was
just talking to sj about the company last night.
I doubt it… but who knows?
Oh my… that's a real beauty. It may be speculation, but the
coincidences are a bit heavy.
However, with them making a good deal of 64's, it may not be coincidence
that they are already in places that they needed to be earlier in the
game.
Having sold 64's, however, I would think they have a good grasp on just
how well such a machine as the Amiga could do in the properly marketed
environment.
Chris – Fast and Low on my '020!
Is it significant that my spell checker doesn't know "Quit"?
>>Having sold 64's, however, I would think they have a good grasp on
just how well such a machine as the Amiga could do in the properly
marketed environment.<<
Chris,
You missed the point. Applied Electronics didn't SELL C64's, they MADE
them for C=. They are an OEM.
They are currently on a huge worldwide expansion of their new marketing
arm… in other words, they are setting up DISTRIBUTION, not
manufacturing… and that's what the C= Europe companies are…
distribution companies. I doubt that Applied Electronics would have any
interest at all in actually participating in the marketing of the Amiga
computer, although I suppose they could help facilitate the manufacture of
the product and support the distribution through the existing channels.
Oh boy… did I EVER miss the point. ('cept the one on my head <g>)
Thanks for setting me straight!
Chris – Fast and Low on my '020!
Without the Amiga… the toaster is just another card.