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I don't know if the figures Spectrum Holobyte gave were just for the
US or worldwide.. remember that this was just the figure for the
first three months.  I imagine total sales will continue with the
same ratio however..

The thing to remember is that even if they DID have 100% greater sales
in Europe, that would STILL only amount to 1400 units sold,
versus 10,000 for IBM.  That 10 to 1 ratio should send a pretty strong
message to any company that has to allocate resources where they will
acheive the best return.. 

Didn't Atari say exactly the same thing about why they almost totally
ignored the US market to concentrate on European sales..?

Also, the relative quality of the product still doesn't have any impact
on the ratio of sales.  The PC product still sold 10 times as many
units, no matter how good the product was.

None of this reflects on the quality of Atari computers.. it only reflects
actual, real-world experience in the computer marketplace.

BobR