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From: mike@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Smithwick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Free CDTV
Message-ID: <1991Jun27.060601.16414@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG>
Date: 27 Jun 91 06:06:01 GMT
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In article <1991Jun25.012622.8835@ncsu.edu> kdarling@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling) writes:
>xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) writes:
>>Right on, Ethan.  We've been bragging for years that users are
>>the best sales force Commodore has; time for us to put up or
>>shut up.  Kudos to Commodore for calling our bluff; now let's
>>go out and show the level of aggression and commitment that
>>Commodore marketing should have had all along!
>
>Yes, it's definitely worth a shot.  
>

Trouble is that sometimes the most enthusiastic Amigans can go all
the way from being charmingly eccentric to downright frightning. Imagine
being a salesgeek at M*cy's and in comes your Commodore contact, a guy
with shoulder length hair, long flowing cape, and a walking stick. Wait
a minute? This is a guy who will tell you what a serious machine the
CDTV is? Give me a break! 

Is this the kind of image C-A really needs? It is very refreshing
when I go to a DevCon and meet with the C-A markeing and management type
come across as very professional and confident people. 
Not to put down guys with capes, but if you want the
Amiga taken seriously as a professional machine, the T-shirts must
come off and the ties go on.
 



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"There is no problem too big that can't be solved with high explosives"-Rush

Mike Smithwick - ames!zorch!mike