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From: higgin@cbmvax.UUCP (Paul Higginbottom SALES)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: BADGE Killer Demo Contest
Message-ID: <2549@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 20-Oct-87 14:30:42 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 20 14:30:42 1987
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References: <681@rocky.STANFORD.EDU>
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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in article <681@rocky.STANFORD.EDU>, rokicki@rocky.STANFORD.EDU (Tomas Rokicki) says:
> The availability of copies of the demos will be announced
> sometime thereafter, and I seek suggestions as to the best
> method of distribution, most likely to get copies to each
> and every Amiga dealer in the country.
> Should I set up a network, where each dealer should send
> copies of the disks to four other dealers, in exchange for
> getting copies?  To make sure the `chain' isn't broken,
> I could set up the network such that each dealer should
> get copies from two different dealers . . .
> Should I make copies of the floppies available free to
> all those individuals who agree to supply copies to three
> dealers?
> How many dealers are out there, anyway?  I guess I should
> ask Commodore for a list . . .
> -tom

There's around six or seven hundred dealers.  Commodore itself has
not distributed much public domain demonstration offerings because
we never know if someone might sue us for unlawfully redistributing
something without permission, or if it infringes on someone else's
work or whatever.  If we can get the disk(s) with something from
the authors saying they don't mind us distributing the material,
we'll make the disks and distribute them.  At the very least we can
send them to our district and regional sales managers and our
independent reps for them to give out to dealers as they call on them.

	Paul.