First Internet message and ...

[Richard Pope]

Hello all,
     Commodore had the marketing part down pact. That is one of the 
reasons that at the time Commodore sold more C-64s than all of the other 
computers combined.
GOD Bless and Thanks,
rich!

On 11/27/2019 10:39 AM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
> On 11/26/2019 08:59 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote:
>>
>>
>> It wasn't just having the technology, it was having it and knowing 
>> how to market it. You need both to make a good product and DEC really 
>> was all about protecting their current market share (which is insane 
>> as they came to be by exploiting a niche in the computer industry).
>>
> Yup.  We were a big VAX user, and were accustomed to our salesman and 
> a technical guy coming out for a sales call to iron out exactly what 
> features and options we wanted on a machine.  When the MicroVAX came 
> out, for a purchase price less than EITHER the software or hardware 
> maintenance contract on a VAX 11/780, I know this couldn't go on.  
> When they went to the 3100/3500 Pizza box machines, I know it REALLY 
> was unsustainable.
>
> Jon
>