Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!ucsd!pacbell.com!tandem!zorch!xanthian From: xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Apology to Howard Diamond for Hothead Post Message-ID: <1990Oct22.031850.21820@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> Date: 22 Oct 90 03:18:50 GMT References: <15113@cbmvax.commodore.com> <1990Oct17.165611.21133@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> <107311@convex.convex.com> Distribution: na Organization: SF-Bay Public-Access Unix Lines: 25 swarren@convex.com (Steve Warren) writes: > xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) writes: >>May I decry the bonehead stupidity of forbidding dealers from handing >>out copies? WHAT HAS COMMODORE GOT AGAINST FREE ADVERTISING? Is your >>sales line going to plummet because user groups start showing Amiga 500 >>owners what the A3000 can do? We don't ask much out here, Howard, but >>the tiniest evidence of a shred of thought would be so pleasant for a >>change. > >Hey, Kent, mellow out, I haven't seen any other significant computer >corporation with vice presidents posting regularly to the net and carrying >on conversations with users. We don't need to start insulting Howard Diamond, >please! Sigh. How right you are; I was shooting my mouth off without knowing the facts. Sorry, Howard, I was out of line. Humble apologies, etc. The rest of marketing can feel free to jump up and down on my carcass for a while too. Kent, the man from xanth.