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From: waynekn@techbook.com (Wayne Knapp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: Animation Journeyman: Wayne Knapp's Reply
Message-ID: <1991Jun2.221830.1635@techbook.com>
Date: 2 Jun 91 22:18:30 GMT
Article-I.D.: techbook.1991Jun2.221830.1635
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jason@cbmami.UUCP (Jason Goldberg) writes:

>Martin,
>	Let me just say I am sorry to have caused you this grief on the net
>with my origonal post.  I did not intend to imply anything negative about
>your product, I believe I stated several times that from the little I have
>seen of Jman I really like it.  

To reach Martin, call him at (206) 573-9427.  He isn't on the net and he 
doesn't want to be.  I'm not going to take the time to download his messages
and print them out for him to see.

>	Personally, I was/am disappointed with your decision not to sell
>through dealers.  As one potential customer of your products I decided to

It isn't so much dealers, as it is Amiga stores.  A person that is selling
the product is one thing.  Paying for shelf space is another. 

>	I am sorry you took my post as a flame, it was not intended as
>such.  However, you and some others have some misconceptions that I would
>like to address.

Most things on the net come off as flames.  People tend
to see the negitive, es. in public.

>Now guess where my profit is there?  Not with your software, but your
>software makes the sale, thats why I need it in the store.

If the software makes the sale, you should be reasonalbe about selling it.

>are mute since I called Hash and tried to order 3 JMans COD, before I was
>told your upgrade policy and pricing structure.

This is the problem.  We are going to sell blank, (non-protected) JMans.  
You would have to collect the money and call in the orders with the 
customers name, address and phone.  Every copy of JourneyMan get personalised.
This is our only protection.


>	I wish you and your customers all the luck in the world with JMan.
>I hope you make $$ and are always able to support your customers.  
>I can't help but to keep thinking, there was a time when EA could have taken
>the same marketing stratagy with DeluxePaint that you are taking with JMan,
>and they would have been able to make all the same arguments, Newtek surely
>could have done what you are doing...

What about IBM, HP, DEC, SUN, and many, many, many, more companies.  If you
want to sell our product, you need to sell on our terms.  DPaint is a very
different product in a very different market.  Newtek is a very different
company.  We don't want to be either of them.  They are NOT role models to
us.

                                                Wayne Knapp
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