Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cunixf.cc.columbia.edu!cunixb.cc.columbia.edu!es1 From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: CDVT and CD-I Message-ID: <1991Jun26.221453.6865@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Date: 26 Jun 91 22:14:53 GMT References: Sender: usenet@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (The Network News) Reply-To: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) Organization: Columbia University Lines: 35 Nntp-Posting-Host: cunixb.cc.columbia.edu In article arctngnt@amiganet.chi.il.us (Bowie J Poag) writes: > >I had always thought that this would be a good idea for an ad: > >25 seconds of Amiga-generated simultaneous audio/visual, the last 5 seconds >showing a screen saying "This entire commercial was produced and edited using >a Commodore Amiga.", give them a simple 1-800 number. > > >These ads would be incredibly easy to produce, and you could make a thousand >different ones. It shows off the machine, and leaves the twitzy Mac and IBM >text-junkies in the dust. > As has been said here before, if you don't have a continuing campaign your money will be wasted. It seems pretty clear that Commodore doesn't have/want to spend the money to do that. It isn't a matter of CBM not knowing how to make an ad (that is the advertising agency's job anyway). It is a matter of spending $15 million to advertise to a HOSTILE business market or spending $15 million to advertise to a less hostile/more convincable home market. > >But nooooooo, the combined IQ of Commodore's marking department is less than >my shoe size. Oh please. Not even a smiley? You blame this all on the marketing department? You see, if you don't have any money to spend, you can't make a deal. Despite the fact that the US departments are underfunded, they've still managed to pull things such as Virginia Polytech off. -- Ethan FF buckets of bits on the bus, FF buckets of bits. Take one down, Short it to ground, FE buckets of bits on the bus.