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From: PYC136@uriacc.uri.edu (Andy Patrizio)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: computer buyers
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Date: 5 Jun 91 13:28:06 GMT
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David Hopper says:

I just take exception to the knee-jerk reaction that consumers are cows.
Many are, indeed, but the product that treats them as human beings (e.g.
the Amiga) is deserving of respect.

Yet I'll grant you that there are a lot of idiots out there.  Given
that, and I mean this honestly, do they *deserve* to own an Amiga?  It's
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Have you ever worked for a dealership, David? When you sit and hear the
incredably DUMB things people do, your attitude will change. I didn't
formulate my attitude toward computer buyers out of boredom. It developed
from putting up with one customer after another who had no idea what they
getting into. Educating yourself about the machine's capabilities and what
it can do for you is the buyer's job, not the salesman's.

You know the old saying that starts off "Walk a mile in my shoes..."? Try it.
You'll be horrified. Being on the net, we deal with people on a high level
of computer comprehension. It's easy to forget there are a lot of people out
there who should never touch one of these things.

Especially an Amiga. This is a difficult machine to learn, and for those who
have never used a computer before it would be a nightmare. Much as I like this
machine, I'd dread selling it. Supporting customers who aren't used to an
OS like AmigaDOS would give me gray hairs.

(you might add Mac users to the noveice list, since I don't consider the Mac a
computer. It's a monument to the old saying that if you build something even
an idiot can use, only an idiot will use it.)

.signed,

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