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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Educational pricing
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Date: 25 Feb 91 06:06:30 GMT
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In article <21751@wehi.dn.mu.oz> BAXTER_A@wehi.dn.mu.oz writes:
>
>This whole thing disapoints me. It was clear HD was doing _something_.
>It is equally clear Paul Calkin is doing _absolutely nothing_. After all,
>an education program which is not witnessed by the education people (ie
>most of those on the net) is next to useless.
>
>Can someone (anyone?) post a list of PC's achievements in his position
>as head of education marketing? Has he arranged the penetration of a
>_single_ machine in his month of executive salary? How many sales has
>he _prevented_ by renegging on a publically anounced pricing?
>
>My own workplace is sticken by a plague of petty administrative fluff. 
>In my view, someone who does nothing should earn nothing.
>
	If your guesses were right, I'd be angry too, however I
believe you are totally off base. He has had less than a month in
his position within education. Because ONE dealer somewhere said
that the new price list was cancelled (which it is not) everyone
is screaming.
	You say it is clear that Paul Calkin is doing absolutely
nothing? What basis do you say this on? He is obviously doing
something since it is blatantly obvious that he is totally
changing the pricing structure. And for good reason.
	Dealer's don't currently want to be in the educational
program, or at least many are complaining. The price list as it
now standads gives them virtually nothing for the work they put
in. Customers end up being treated without any hint of service
and dealers either leave the program or leave business.
	There is a problem. Paul Calkin is taking a different
direction to running the company than did Howard Diamond. It is
as simple as that. To insult a person and to accuse him
(essentially) of incompetency and to imply that he should be
fired after only about 3 weeks is ridiculous, especially
considering that you (and for the most part I as well) have no
idea what goes on behind closed doors.

	BTW, you're in OZ! Whadda you care! 8-)

>Regards Alan


	-- Ethan


Q:	What's the definition of a Quayle?

A:	Two right wings and no backbone.