Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ubvax!ardent!rap
From: rap@ardent.UUCP (Rob Peck)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: New York Computer Graphics Show
Summary: and yet another idea...
Message-ID: <1896@ardent.UUCP>
Date: 20 Jan 89 17:17:03 GMT
References: <10915@gryphon.COM>
Organization: Dana Computer, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA
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In article <10915@gryphon.COM>, hrlaser@pnet02.cts.com (Harv Laser) writes:
> eric@cbmvax.UUCP (Eric Cotton) writes:
> >
> >I was concerned when I read this posting so I sought out the powers-that-
> >be to get the scoop:  Unfortunately, the rumours you heard are correct.
> >Commodore will not be at the New York Computer Graphics show.  The problem
> >is one of resources.  While Commodore has over 50 shows slated for this year
> 
> 1) Can we get a posting of ALL the shows that Commodore plants to attend
> in the next year or so?  That is shows that at least "on the schedule."
> Knowing how far in advance a company needs to plan for this kind of thing

And then also, Commodore has a program that encourages developers to submit
up to 4 copies of their product for CBM to evaluate internally and sometimes
I believe recommend to dealers/whatever... when they attend shows like this,
I wonder if some of those products attend the shows WITH them, either to
show off the machines in some whiz-bang manner, or simply as a glassed-in
enclosure, packed to the gills, displaying one of the unopened product
packages, to indicate to potential buyers of the Amiga what a wide range
of support the machine enjoys (at last count, supposed to be over 1200
products available, or am I way too low).  As a supplier of two of these
products (both books), I am finally in a position to submit them officially
in the quantities requested, to CBM's marketing division or wherever they'll
end up and I'd hope that they'd get some exposure to the public via this
avenue.   Even if it was "only" in a flyer to the dealers in the form of
here's a list of 400 new products that were submitted to us for evaluation...
did you (dealers) know that these exist ... wink, wink, nudge, nudge ...
maybe some of em you might want to carry on your shelves to help you
sell more Amigas ... then make available the list of 'where to find em'
to dealers who ARE interested.  Kinda an effort of "support the folks
who support you", benefitting both the developers and the dealers, and
not coincidently Commodore itself.

Rob Peck