[Coco] Re: [Color Computer] end of discussion!

[James the Animal Tamer]

> I am not saying that Microsoft has better products.

Mm, now I have to cleverly say something that's on-topic.
Okay...

Development partly drove the market, and partly vice-versa.  Gates & Co 
supplied the BASIC computer language for a lot of microcomputers, 
because microcomputer manufacturers were asking for it.

Q: When people stopped asking for BASIC, Microsoft went into another 
area of software, eh?  Or, did Microsoft go into another area of 
business, and thus be less available for making BASIC?  
A: a bit of both

Q: Did Microsoft make products that would ensure a greater future 
income?
A: You bet.

Now, applying this to the CoCo!

Tandy made CoCo1, an original computer.
There was enough consumer demand so that making the CoCo II made sense 
(just think, cutting off that aftermarket keyboard add-on at its 
knees!).

But apparently there wasn't enough demand for the CoCo II to justify 
making a good 68000 successor.  I don't know why they made the CoCo 
III -- there must have been someone who thought it'd be more profitable 
than not making it.

Now, you know that the market is also strange, and the best product 
doesn't always sell the best.

So far as the CoCo is concerned, it's largely moot now.  Pretty much 
the only market for "successors" to the CoCo is the existing userbase 
and nostalgia freaks like me.







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