Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!apple!usc!hacgate!gryphon!pnet02!lbotez From: lbotez@pnet02.gryphon.com (Lynda Botez) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Amiga Message-ID: <21638@gryphon.COM> Date: 29 Oct 89 21:00:27 GMT Sender: root@gryphon.COM Organization: People-Net [pnet02], Redondo Beach, CA. Lines: 38 Matt Deatherage writes: >... please quit assuming the worst. It really takes a toll on Apple people >reading this group to not be cut *any* slack. come-on, Matt, get real. We apple II folks love you guys. You're the only ones at Apple who pay any attention to us. We're borderline fanatics who love our computers; we're the guardians of Apple IIdom... and you're the white knights. >The point here, of course, is that everyone's *assuming* that spending lots >and lots of money on Apple II advertising would return lots and lots of Apple >II sales, and I don't know that to be the case at all. Sigh. I'm really amazed to see you making this statement. Of course, you're no marketing person, but being a former advertising agency employee, I can assure you that advertising creates sales. Sales brings in more capital gain; more sales brings in more software support and more money to pay your salary (hey, maybe even give you a raise). The fact that Apple Computer isn't bothering to advertise the GS at ALL makes some of us wonder about the future of the Apple II. Last year there were Apple II commericals on TV. [I saw one... -:)]. Also, who's talking about "lots and lots of money"? How about "some" money? We'd like to see the "installed base" [hey, that's us!] increase. The more Apple II users, the more support we get. I get the feeling that Apple is totally surprised at the popularity of the Apple II, and while they throw us a "bone" every so often (System 5.whatever, Apple Overlay card, etc.); they don't make much of an effort to overtly promote the machine. Lynda UUCP: {ames!elroy, }!gryphon!pnet02!lbotez INET: lbotez@pnet02.gryphon.com