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From: Friesen@PCO-MULTICS.HBI.HONEYWELL.COM
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re:Advertising (was evangelist...)
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Date: 19 Jan 89 04:22:00 GMT
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Peter da Silva writes:

>Atari has done a very good job advertising the ST, with much more
>frequent and affective advertising than commodore.


What country do you live in?

I was getting sick of this guy bashing the Atari (please stop), and am
shocked that the only thing good to say about it is on its ads which is
the worst thing about it (especially compared to commodore)!

I have seen many ads on TV for the Amiga, and they are pretty good, they
emphasize graphics and multitasking.  They even have a toll free number
to call for a demo of the computer.  This ad has been shown during prime
time, and sporting events.  I have seen it probably about 10 times.  I
have seen about five ads for the Atari (games machines) and they were
pretty good, but we I haven't seen any for the ST, NONE!  I don't even
remember seeing any ads for the ST in any magazine (although I don't
think I have seen any amiga ads in the Mags either).

Maybe it depends on what part of the country you are from, but more
people know about the amiga than the ST, and the numbers of both of
those groups are very small.


Aric Friesen

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