Re: 760cd delays

["Guy Farrell" <GFARRELL@oasis.vpia.uconn.edu>]

> On Sat, 18 Nov 1995, Michael MacDonald wrote:
> 
> > I hate IBM. Why do they market computers that are not acutally available? 
> 
On Sat, 18 Nov 1995,  John H. Kim responded:
>
> We've discussed this (emphasis on "cussed" :) several times in the
> past two years.  One theory has to do with the consent decree IBM
> signed with the U.S. Justice Department.
> Anyways, the theory goes that since they can't pre-announce anything,
> they build a few computers, then announce and sell them before they've
> started mass-producing them.

Common practice.  Gateway was two months behind on P120 delivery mid 
summer.   I have been privy to the back-stabbing that occurs for new 
machines.  Neither of the two companies previously mensioned were 
involved, but a sales/marketing officer told me outright that 
a particular hospital's order was shipping while a university order might
have to wait four to six months.  Reason: "limited availability and 
stronger than expected demand".  Really, they just promiss it all and 
know that production & demand are somewhat inverse with hot new
products.

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