29 Dec
2004
29 Dec
'04
4:07 p.m.
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004, William Donzelli wrote:
So? Didn't Studebaker try to come out with a new model after 40 years?
Did every baby boomer go out and buy one?
Commodore as a brand name is meaningless today.
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Bah! The
group that you refer to is not worth EU$24 million, plain and
simple.
Some of the kids that grew up playing with C64s make 24 million Euro a
year. It is not just the retro crowd, but the whole generation. It is the name. Some names come back with incredible
power (Packard-Bell
anyone?). 24 mE might actually be cheap.
And some names go out with incredible ignominy (Packard-Bell anyone?)
It is when
it's used to purchase dust.
How much does it cost to make a series of television commercials? They are
just a different marketing tool.