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From: flax@suadb.UUCP (Jonas Flygare)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga and Advertising are mutually exclusive terms, but...
Message-ID: <409@suadb.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 17-Oct-87 15:15:56 EST
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Posted: Sat Oct 17 15:15:56 1987
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in article <8710130223.AA15695@cory.Berkeley.EDU>, dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) says:
> 
>>The A500 commercial begins with monitors coming out of the "primordial
> most of the viewing audiance can hear.  The guy's voice made the machine sound
> like a toy... inflections in the wrong place, too forced and unnatural. 
> Personally I think it hurt the machine more than it helped it.  I dunno, but
> I have the feeling that somebody isn't *thinking* over there in the 
> advertisement department.
> 
> 	What they need are fewer bells and whistles, and more intelligence.
>

Hmm, haven't seen anything.. (Don't usually get US programs piped into my 
good old TUbe here in Sweden.. ;-) But it sounds just like what happened at 
the last exhibition/convention/whatever (my english failed here, I'm afraid..)
where ANYONE who wanted to talk to the swedish Amiga/CBM-people had to fight/
push/shovel and/or bribe all the kids to move.. Wish they would separate the
booth in two parts, one for showing the amiga as a toy, and one for people
wanting to talk business. I guess that if any seriousminded businesspeople
wanted to see the machine, they would have second thoughts upon seeing those
kids screaming/jumping/etc.. 
As for me myself, I use my amiga, and really like it. But I don't go to a 
computer exhibition (is faire the right word??? ;-) to see the hottest games
or music toys being displayed. I go there to find out what hardware/software
is available for my machine. 
This was a semi-flame at the people responsible, and also letting out some
steam due to long waiting for programs/hardware.. And i don't really mind kids
playing computer games. But don't mix kids/business in the Amiga booths..
Because the kids take over!

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