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   Message 52,958 of 53,866   
   Pinku Basudei to Andreas Kohlbach   
   Re: Jack Tramiel   
   23 Jan 20 08:25:21   
   
   6e8b02fb   
   From: pinku@straylight.freeside.l5   
      
   On Wed, 22 Jan 2020 13:49:59 -0500   
   Andreas Kohlbach  wrote:   
      
   >   
   > There is a very interesting article in a BYTE issue from 1983 where they   
   > predict how the market would develop in the next five years (1988). Most   
   > of the predictions were wrong. They didn't see the success of   
   > Commodore. They were right though that in the professional sector IBM   
   > will win the race.   
      
   I wonder if someone in 1988 predicted that someone would take a perfectly   
   sound business like Commodore and drive it at full speed  over the edge of a   
   cliff by 1994? :D   
      
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