Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!think!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!ANDREW.CMU.EDU!rs4u+ From: rs4u+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Richard Siegel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Shoe Salesman? Message-ID: Date: Mon, 24-Aug-87 15:30:16 EDT Article-I.D.: andrew.kVA9F8y00Vg6V2w09m Posted: Mon Aug 24 15:30:16 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Aug-87 05:17:57 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Lines: 37 I quote: I have a theory that computer salesmen are, in general, ex-car salesmen. But that's implying some degree of technical sophistication. Shoe salesmen, per- haps? Their real purpose is to let the user make his own decisions. They are *not* computer consultants. Try browsing around in a store sometime and listen to the BS salesmen tell customers about "home" computers... I take exception to that, sir. 40 hours a week I am a Macintosh developer. 8 more hours a week I am a salesman at Next Generation Computers, in Williamsburg, Virginia. Because I am a computer salesman does that imply that I have no technical sophistication? I doubt it. I do not disagree with you; I have seen computer salesmen who are barely qualiied to plug a computer in, let alone explain how one works. However, that does *not* give you license to generalize. Try again.... --Rich R-Squared Development Systems 134 Horseshoe Drive Williamsburg, Virginia 23185 (804) 229-2152 [After 6pm eastern time only] Arpanet: rs4u@andrew.cmu.edu Uucp: {your fave gateway}!seismo!andrew.cmu.edu!rs4u Disclaimer? I don't even KNOW 'er! "Do you wanna be a cop or a lost cause?" -- Sean Connery, in "The Untouchables"