Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!uunet!cbmvax!diamond From: diamond@cbmvax.commodore.com (Howard Diamond - Ed Marketing) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Amiga Education Ad: A Review. Message-ID: <14243@cbmvax.commodore.com> Date: 6 Sep 90 17:33:44 GMT References: <29633@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Reply-To: diamond@cbmvax (Howard Diamond - Ed Marketing) Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA Lines: 41 In article <29633@nigel.ee.udel.edu> BARRETT@owl.ecil.iastate.edu (Marc Barrett) writes: > > I opened the school newspaper today and, lo and behold what did I see? >Well, I saw a total of two full pages of advertizements for the Macintosh, >but there was also a single full-page ad for the Amiga. I don't know how >much good it will do for precisely the reasons I stated in my previous >message, but it is a fair start. > > I have one really BIG peeve with this ad. It says: "Stop by your >Campus Authorized Amiga Dealer and get your hands on the future of >computing." What campus Amiga dealer? The nearest dealer is 35 miles >off-campus!!! > > Like I said, this is a fair start, but until Commodore establishes a >good Amiga dealer on-campus or nearby, any future ads will be wasted money. >With the overwhelming on-campus support that Apple and IBM offer, there is >no way that Commodore is going to make any penetration of significance >with the nearest dealer 35 miles away. > > > -MB- Gee, maybe that means Commodore is talking to your school about incorporating the Commodore Education program as a part of their on-campus resale program. Or does the fact that you don't know about it mean it isn't happening??? Sorry for the tone, but the truth is that there have been a series of major presentations on your campus in the last few months by the new Education Sales group, showing key faculty and administrators Amiga technology and its capabilities. The response has been quite positive, and we are agressively pursuing a series of joint programs. I have no interest in wasting scarce resources either. -- Howard S. Diamond Director of Education, Commodore Business Machines 1200 Wilson Drive West Chester, Pa, 19380 diamond@cbmvax.commodore.com 215-431-9142 MAKE UP YOUR OWN MIND!! AMIGA!