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From: prl3546@tahoma.UUCP (Philip R. Lindberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: 2 questions re: Vulcan
Message-ID: <422@tahoma.UUCP>
Date: 21 Jun 89 18:03:01 GMT
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From article <3195613@ub.cc.umich.edu>, by Tabakal@UB.CC.UMICH.EDU:
> First question is:  Has anyone given a thought to Applied Ingenuity's
> newest ad in the latest issue of A+/InCider.  In my opinion, it's
> a childish cheap shot at Applied Engineering.
> For those who haven't seen it, it ridicules AE for producing an internal
> hard drive (ie Vulcan) which AI seems to claim an exclusive market to.

I wouldn't take it so seriously.  I got a great laugh out of it.  A half a
dozen of us sat down with both pictures looking for similarities and found
their had tried very hard to make it an accurate "spoof".  (Did you notice
the "etch-a-sketch" on the shelf instead of the "o-scope" at AE?)
I have a great deal of respect for AE products.  In fact almost all of the
cards I have in my GS were made by AE.  But anybody who can't laugh at
themselves, is taking life too seriously.  (I doubt AE will be "up in arms"
about it.)

> Even if I were in the market for that product, I'd have to think twice
> about that company's attitude.
>                    -- Todd

I am in the market for a hard drive, and I will purchase one based on the
product, not their sence of humor.

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