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From: john13@garfield.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Bundled Software
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Date: Thu, 6-Aug-87 21:28:07 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug  6 21:28:07 1987
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Organization: CS Dept., Memorial U. of Newfoundland, St. John's
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Well, this all sounds good to me. I think we all know that people won't be
greatly motivated to buy a system if the bundled software is low-grade
(eg Graphicraft, Textcraft), and if Joe Guru wants to write a better
program in one of the categories covered by the bundle, then I'm sure CBM
will take due note and offer him the opportunity to be in the next deal. Of
course, the decision on which titles to include is somewhat subjective, but
hey, that's life.

It is only a limited time offer, right? And only available to user group
members? So it isn't like every single A500 owner is going to be forced to
get the software too.

What I want to know is... what is the status WRT Canadian user's groups? Ours
is registered with Commodore, but we haven't heard any noises about the offer
aside from the net and a mysterious ad in "Commodore" magazine.

My dream, of course, is that the deal would be offered retroactively to all
A1000 buyers as a note of thanks for their "act of good faith" in Commodore
by investing when the going was shaky. That would definitely be a big boost
for the Commodore fan club :-).

John, Vice President, Pleasantville Commodore User's Group
-- 
"I would have promised those terrorists a TRIP TO DISNEYLAND if it would have
 gotten the hostages released. I thank God they were satisfied with the
 missiles and we didn't have to go to that extreme."
				-- preliminary draft of Ollie's testimony