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From: klm@munsell.UUCP (Kevin [Being Weird Isn't Enough] McBride)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga advertisement, yet another one.
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Date: Mon, 9-Nov-87 14:20:34 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov  9 14:20:34 1987
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Summary: Hey Commodore!  Keep watching us!  We've got ideas!
Disclaimer: These are my humble opinions, but you knew that, didn't you?


Let's see now... if there was a *really* good WYSIWYG page setting package
for the AMIGA that would produce *really* good output on a laser printer,
(I don't know, maybe there is.  Is there?) we could clone the Macintosh
commercial...

You know the one, two business executives sitting on a plane, one of them
is looking over a report.  The other one says something like "Gee, I wish
we could do reports like that, but sending them outside is too expensive."
The other one says, "We didn't send this out.  We did it on our computer."

"You did *THAT* on your computer?"

"Yup."

"What kind of computer?"

(smiles)

"No, come on!  What kind of computer?"

(smiles)

[fade to black.  fade in Amiga logo.]

===============================================================================

What Commodore has to STOP doing is showing the Amiga as 1) a game machine,
2) a mystery machine (like the new A500 commercial.  swirling pools of mist,
indeed!  It didn't say anything about what the machine can do!)

What Commodore has to START doing is showing the Amiga as a serious computer
that is capable of running professional quality applications, serving as a
platform for serious programming effort, doing amateur video and music
applications, and LASTLY, playing great games.  On second thought, leave
games out of the commercials completely.  Let dealers push games.

Impressive demo:  Maxiplan running a full blown business spreadsheet
		  application with a pie chart over in a corner.
		  Pull down the spreadsheet screen to reveal some fancy
		  text and graphics on PageSetter.

Commercial scenario #2:

<announcer> 198?  IBM gave us the Personal Computer.
[fade in picture of abomination]

<announcer> 198?  Apple gave us the Macintosh.  "The computer for the
		rest of us."
[fipoa]

<announcer> 198?  Commodore presents the computer for everyone.
[fade in picture of ONE Amiga, sliding screens in a waterfall fashion,
each screen showing something impressive.  Spreadsheet, Word processing,
WorkBench with a bunch of open windows, a clock and a Gizmoz popup calculator.
Ad infinitum.

Final screen before fade out to Amiga logo:  Boing ball with sound.
sound gets loud.  Fade to Amiga logo and continue Boing sound until final
fade out.

I know that using some of these ideas verbatim would get you sued for
copyright infringement, but you get the gist, right??

Let's get rid of the mysticism and tell people what the machine can do!

-- 
Kevin McBride, the guy in the brace //       | Your mind is totally controlled
Condition improved, but still      //        | It has been stuffed into my mold
no skiing in sight. (:^[)      \\ //  Amiga  | And you will do as you are told
{encore,adelie}!munsell!klm     \X/   Rules! | until the rights to you are sold