#CBM stock prices
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Hi Tom! I think it depends on the general level of support. C-64s have always
been cheaper for schools to buy but most schools have gone with Apple (ugh)
for software and support and hardware reliability. Somehow I don't see JT
Ewing managing to provide a stable source of support to anyone, let alone
institutions as quality-focused as schools. But I could be wrong. When he was
with CBM he beat the hell out of the old Atari even though they had the better
machine. (He dropped his prices first and fastest. Do you remember that CBM?)
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You'll also recall that JT put CBM's main Engineering emphasis on the C16 and
PLUS/4 systems, totally abandoning any ideas of upward compatibility. It
wasn't until he left that we were able to do the C128, a machine which I feel
should have been produced by CBM a year or two earlier, while the C64 was still
at its height in sales. These days your software outlay, especially in
business, is going to overcome your hardware outlay given time. The most
reasonable thing a machine can do to your investment is to give you compatible
upgrade paths for your software. Despite my dislike for PC|Clones, etc., this
is something that IBM to a lesser degree and the 3 party folks to a greater
degree have done, which is why these outdated machines are so strong today in
the Business world. Imagine if the PC/XT only ran 5% of the software written
for a PC.