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From: bryce@COGSCI.BERKELEY.EDU.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Commodore starts advertising again
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Date: Tue, 2-Jun-87 15:23:47 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun  2 15:23:47 1987
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> Today I was surprised to see two Commodore ads in the last (June 2)
> issue of PC Week.  One add concerns the Commodore PC-10 "clone killer",
> priced at $899.

I saw this add in Infoworld, it has the #DEFINE *STUPIDEST* slogan to rear it's
ugly head in quite a while:

	"It's not a clone, it's a Commodore!"

Arrghhh!  No kidding, but you don't need to rub it in.

No, it IS a clone, with few special features at that.  Sure it is over two
years old, but 4.77 Mz??!!
Commodore needs to present a more coherent face to the rest of the world.  More
needs to be spend on R&D. (particularly on improving the Amiga :-)  Special
"hand-holding" service agreements need to be offered for the "Clone Killer"
AND the Amiga so that a person can justify the purchase without feeling "left
                       ^ non-technical/non-hacker type
out in the cold".  This service agreement should cost the customer EXTRA and
should provide an immediate loaner when used for repairs.  Quick repair with
NO hassles.

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> ...the Amiga 500...

Glad to see adds, directed a dealers no less.  Good job.  If adds can be as
effective as Atari's AND be selling the far superior Amiga...


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BTW: I actually liked one of Commodore's previous slogans, that went:

	"The more things change, the more they stay the same."

Think about it. 
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