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Re: Switching Computer Brands (was: Atari/Amiga Sales Figures)

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From: R_Tim_Coslet
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 1988 17:18
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	pa1132@sdcc15.ucsd.edu (pa1132) Writes:
>	...Perhaps you can accelerate the process of Atari
>people to switch to Amiga.

This is silly... most people that have picked one or the other computer
picked it for some reason, and will probably stick with it (unless they
encounter some overriding reason to switch). Especially if they have written
a significant amount of software for their machine (it can sometimes be as
hard to port some programs to a new environment as it was to write them
from scratch in the first place).

Second... your statement is making the assumption that people are already
actively switching. I have seen no evidence of this... I have seen frustrated
users on EVERY computer I have ever used (including mainframes). However
the presence of frustrated users does not imply that they are leaving the
machine they are on and switching to another (some frustrated users simply
become determined to "improve" on the system themselves). Also the users
that become so frustrated as to dump one system often become "perpetual
frustrated users" (my opinion) and will dump the new system that they have
gone to just as fast, when they find it is not PERFECT either.

Third... watch out for FLAMES. That kind of comment is likely to ignite a few.

                                        R. Tim Coslet

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Subject: Re: Switching Computer Brands (was: Atari/Amiga Sales Figures)
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Date: 12 Nov 88 17:18:30 GMT
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