[ARC5] deathwatch for radio shack?

[Edward Greeley]

And I'll betcha dollars to donuts it won't work! At least, not for very 
long. The lousy tantalun caps of that era BAD to fail short. Been there, 
done that.

Ed Greeley

Glen Zook via ARC5 wrote:

> Radio Shack is not the only company to make wrong decisions in marketing!
> 
> The Ford Motor Company, with the Edsel, lost a substantial amount of money.  Then, when the Mustang was put in production, none of the tooling, etc., was made for extended use because management just knew that the vehicle was not going to be that popular.  Wrong!  A good high school friend, who also was an amateur radio operator, got his engineering degree from Purdue University.  After graduating, his first employer was the Ford Motor Company.  His primary job was to redesign the Mustang tooling for extended production.
> 
> Then, there was the debacle of "new Coke"!  
> 
> By the way, I still have my original Radio Shack TRS-80 Model I computer!  It is in a box stored in my garage.
>  
> Glen, K9STH 
>