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From: birjt@cc.newcastle.edu.au
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Educational pricing
Message-ID: <9659.27ca3042@cc.newcastle.edu.au>
Date: 25 Feb 91 23:54:10 GMT
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In article <1991Feb25.060630.9222@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>, es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes:
> 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.

Hello,

Although I agree with you that anybody new to a job should be given a 
fair chance. I think it is appropriate, here, to point out that Alan's
views are probably biased by C= OZ's well established belief that, quotes
here coz I think its company policy, "when in doubt shaft the customer".

What possibly addsto the upset is that we were finally getting prices that 
could be reasonably compared to those in the US. But, I'm a bloody optomist
so I will wait and see.

                      Russell,
                        BIRJT@cc.newcastle.edu.au

> 
> 	BTW, you're in OZ! Whadda you care! 8-)
         I care! 8~^{
> 
>>Regards Alan
> 
> 
> 	-- Ethan
> 
> 
> Q:	What's the definition of a Quayle?
> 
> A:	Two right wings and no backbone.

        We got a Hawke here that acts like a vulture!