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From: mroussel@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Marc Roussel)
Subject: Re: So that's what an Amiga is good for!
Message-ID: <1991May4.165051.12919@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca>
Organization: Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto
References: <1991May2.143334.23026@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca> <1197@cbmger.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 4 May 1991 16:50:51 GMT

In article <1197@cbmger.UUCP> peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) writes:
>In article <1991May2.143334.23026@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca>
>mroussel@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Marc Roussel) writes:
>>     [ The Blitter ]
>>     This makes it quite well suited to computing CA's. [...]
>>
>>     What I'd like to know from Commodore is why didn't we find out
>>about things like this when we were trying to decide what hardware to
>>buy?  Do those guys even know that this sort of thing is hot current
>>research and that numbers like those described above are significant to
>>people like us?  Where are your sales reps, Commodore?
>
>Well, many people DID find out. But you see, Life is a subject only
>for a few scientists, the average sales person or dealer is simply
>bored by such stuff, they really don't know the interesting sides of
>life (Life?). I don't see any way to use this as a marketing argument
>for broader audience. And the scientists normally know very quickly
>about such possibilities, don't know why this didn't make it up to
>your place.

     I'm not asking for Commodore to use CA's as part of their general
marketing campaign, I'm suggesting that they should hire sales reps
with experience in scientific computation and send them to science departments.
Apple and IBM do this.  As to your comment that "scientists normally know very
quickly", this is certainly not the case here.  Many companies actually appear
to be interested in selling us machines, and we let them come to us. We don't
have time to look under rocks for interesting new hardware.  If
Commodore doesn't send sales reps to our department, we won't find out
about their machines except serendipitously, as I just did.  It's really
that simple.

				Marc R. Roussel
                                mroussel@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca