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From: david_r_watters@capella.cis.ohio-state.edu
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Subject: Re: Would this work?  (was Re: Amiga outclassed)
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Date: 12 Apr 90 00:44:33 GMT
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In article <90098.180038JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu> JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu (JKT) writes:
>Ok, so what would happen if Commodore started an ad campaign where they
>did direct comparisons of Amiga and Mac?  Ads that specifically mentioned
>the Mac and showed the Mac in the Ads?  Would this not get the public
>thinking of the Amiga as being in the same league?  Wouldn't consumers
>then at least be aware of the Amiga as a competitor for the Mac?
>
>Most importantly, wouldn't Apple have to respond if Commodore kept it up
>long enough?  You can't keep ignoring prominent competitors while they
>tell the public they're better than you.  Take AT&T as an example.
>When MCI, Sprint, US Telecom, etc sprang up, AT&T didn't advertise.  They,
>like Apple now, ignored the competition.  That is, until TV viewers got
>innundated with "Our rates beat AT&T" ads.  Now if you watch Headline news
>you get a "We'll switch you back to AT&T free" ad every 10 minutes.

>|| Kurt Tappe   (814) 862-8630 || I use Amigas.  I use Macs.          ||

Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Pepsi did it to Coke, Ford and Chevy do it to each other...It is now time for
CBM do publicly laugh at the most fantasy filled ads on the face of the
Earth.  Apple is better than Disney in the "far-fetched catagory", c'mon a
napkin with a permanate marker sketch turned into a 3D cad render of a car
in a few minutes....Bull Sh't!

PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'll even do the Animation for them for free!

DW