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From: herrickd@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Horsepower Needed for MS-DOS
Message-ID: <2368.276363bd@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com>
Date: 10 Dec 90 15:30:20 GMT
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In article <1625@svin02.info.win.tue.nl>, rcpieter@svin02.info.win.tue.nl (Tiggr) writes:
> herrickd@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com writes:
> 
>>And it is up to us to figure out (or invent) what this means and
>>bring some of this incredible power into the reach of the masses.
> 
> The problem is that the technical people can produce whatever great
> things they want; the masses will only buy what their neighbour buys
> _or_ what the marketing creap tells them to buy _or_ what bears those
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> horrible three letters.
> 
> Proof: the technically great machine I'm using...
> 
> Tiggr

What should we tell them to buy?  And why, from their point
of view, should they buy it?

dan herrick
dlh Performance Marketing
POBox 1419
Mentor, Ohio  44061
(216)974-9637
herrickd@astro.pc.ab.com