Date   : Thu, 30 Jul 1987 03:48:16 GMT
From   : hpda!hpscda!hpqtdla!mikeb@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Mike Bryant)
Subject: Re: What personal computers are in Europe? in Isreal?

>marketing his services in Europe (England particularly) and Israel.
                                   ^^^^^^^

>  1.  What computers are most common?  Are they IBM PC compatible?

Amstrad PC1512, Apricot and IBM PC - all MS-DOS


>  2.  What operating systems are most common?  Are they MS-DOS/PC-DOS
<compatible?  CP/M compatible?  Can dBase III+ run under the operating
>system?  dBase II (he also has lots of experience with that)?

dBase is NOT most popular over here - there are many others equal.


>  3.  How common are personal computers?  Who has them?  Are they used
>for business use only?  Personal use?  Both?

over 500,000 MS-DOS machines in homes. 2 in 3 homes have something
e.g. Sinclair Spectrum.

Business use IBM, Olivetti and Apricot mostly


>  4.  Is there likely to be a market for small business software for
>handling customer and vendor bases, inventory, ordering, invoicing, etc?
>What will the market bear, price-wise?  Must the price be under $100?

What does it do new?


>  Will a package that costs over $1500 sell?
  
What's a $ ??   1500 sounds like a lot, unless they're like yen!