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From: U3364521@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au (Lou Cavallo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re:  PRODIGY HATES AMIGA -- Says wont do port!
Message-ID: <991@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au>
Date: 3 Sep 90 13:37:41 GMT
References: <14988@shlump.nac.dec.com> <david.7202@starsoft.UUCP>
Organization: I.A.E.S.R., Melbourne University
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G'day,

DIsclaimer: I'm an Australian. I know almost nothing about Prodigy.  We do
have a service here, called Discovery (that I've never used), that some of
my friends have rated as `of little use/too expensive' ...

DL> In article <david.7202@starsoft.UUCP>, david@starsoft.UUCP
DL> (Dave Lowrey) writes:

KB> In article <14988@shlump.nac.dec.com> barrett@meridn.enet.dec.com
KB> (Keith Barrett) writes: 

DG> In article <191@coplex.UUCP>, dannie@coplex.UUCP
DG> (Dannie Gregoire) writes...

Oops! I've lost the attribution here...

+---- I think!
V
KB> If you have access to USENET, I can't think of anything you'd want
KB> from Prodigy.

DL> You hit the nail on the head!!

    [some description of Prodigy deleted]

DL> The bottom line is that Prodigy is aimed at the non computer literate
DL> "family" user.

I appreciate your point that Prodigy would be low value for many computer
literate readers (it'd probably bore me too).

Hasn't someone pointed out that Prodigy will be of GREAT marketing value
alone for those very same users?

I'd really like to have the public perceive(*) of the Amiga & CBM as both
a computer and company that are friendly to use/own and deal with.

{ Hey is there a slogan in there? :-), let's see ...

             ``CBM/Amiga -- friendly to use/own and deal with.'' }

Could be but it needs a little work. :-) {Okay, a LOT of work.}

So perhaps we can get a little debate going on what could be provided by
such a service, that could be of value to the non computer literate user?

yours truly,
Lou Cavallo.

(*) Internationally of course. Hey CBM/Australia we see the ESCO reps here
    on USENET. Perhaps you will be too one day?

    BTW: greetings to all the CBM ESCO reps out there.

    With both the US and ESCO CBM personnel so interested in the USENET
    Amiga users I think I can say that CBM must have the greatest number
    of staff that contribute regularly to USENET discussions of any PC
    system represented in the USENET comp hierarchy.

    Am I wrong? How many reps do you think you've seen here lately?

    I swear that one day we're going to see Mr Copperman or Mr Gould post
    to these groups ...

    :-)