Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!lll-winken!arisia!sgi!shinobu!odin!odin.corp.sgi.com!portuesi From: portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Monday Night Football Message-ID: Date: 20 Oct 89 08:30:43 GMT References: <5601@cbnewsm.ATT.COM> <5612@cbnewsm.ATT.COM> Sender: news@odin.SGI.COM Reply-To: portuesi@sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mtn. View, CA Lines: 28 In-reply-to: chip@cbnewsm.ATT.COM's message of 18 Oct 89 01:34:53 GMT >>>>> On 18 Oct 89 01:34:53 GMT, chip@cbnewsm.ATT.COM (Chip Christ) said: chip> I actually saw an Amiga commercial, although not on ET or Monday chip> Night Football. [...] chip> Unless I missed something in chip> the beginning, I was disappointed-- it showed zilch about the machine. chip> Too much glitz/hype and not enough substance. Oh, well, maybe that's chip> how you sell computers these days. It's how you sell anything these days. The point of marketing these days is to create a perceived need for the product in the mind of the user. It doesn't matter that it's done with glitz and hype instead of discussion about multitasking and DMA channels. Apple has been selling their computers with glitz and hype for a long time now; I don't see what's wrong with CBM doing the same. Hopefully, if I keep watching TV I may actually see one of these commercials... --M -- __ \/ Michael Portuesi Silicon Graphics Computer Systems, Inc. portuesi@SGI.COM