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From: rehrauer@apollo.HP.COM (Steve Rehrauer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga Ads (was RE: New Educational Discount Prices)
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Date: 7 Sep 90 14:47:00 GMT
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In article <29441@nigel.ee.udel.edu> BARRETT@owl.ecil.iastate.edu (Marc Barrett) writes:
>   Here's hoping that ISU is one of those campuses!  I think they had better
>be VERY good, though, as Apple and IBM have really been bombarding the ISU
>Daily since the beginning of the semester.  
>
[...]
>   The problem is, there is absolutely no Amiga support here at ISU.  The
>nearest dealer is 35 miles away, much too far for most students.  Besides,
>why should they have to go even one mile out of their way when there is
>much support from Apple and IBM located on-campus?

So take out an ad in the Daily to announce the presense of a strong Commodore
user's group in Ames, which offers public domain software, tips on what to
buy and where, emotional support, free Kool-Aid and animal crackers, whatever.
If you don't *have* a user's group in Ames (and you probably do), create one.

>   Unfortunately, I don't think the situation here at ISU is the exception,
>but is far and away the norm for colleges and universities in the U.S.

Considering the difference in margins between an A3000 that Commodore sells,
and any Mac II that Apple sells, I think it's regrettable but understandable.
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