Date   : Wed, 04 Aug 1999 11:26:17 +0100 (BST)
From   : Paul Capewell <p_capewell@...>
Subject: Re: Acorn

--- John Simpson <Simpson.J@...> wrote:
> On Wednesday, August 04, 1999 3:29 AM, Michael Foot
> [SMTP:mikef@...] wrote:
> 
> > When the Archimedes came out, it was well ahead of everything
> else. It
> even
> > had a 32 bit operating system 8 years before Microsoft produced
> W95. Even
> > though the Archie had a BBC logo on it, it was completely up to
> Acorn to
> > market this new machine.
> 
> Michael's point, that Acorn were out of their depth in marketing
> terms
> without the BBC name, is backed up when you look at the success of
> their
> other non "BBC branded" products:
> 
> - Electron
> - Communicator
> - Unix workstations
> - Netstation
> 
> etc
> 
> john
> 
> 
 You could add ARM microprocessor to that list???

cheers
PC
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