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From: bmug@garnet.berkeley.edu (BMUG)
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Subject: Re: Selling through Businessland
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Date: 1 Apr 89 00:32:51 GMT
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In article <2430@bucsb.UUCP> dfickes@bucsb.bu.edu (David Fickes) writes
(among other things):
(stuff deleted)
>2. Sun Microsystems has spurned BL stating that their
>	customers would rather buy direct.
>				 

The story I heard is that Sun wasn't able to deliver the product that
BusinessLand wanted to market within the necessary time frame (I believe
that this was reported in the press, but whether it's true or propaganda,
I can't say).  Seems to me that what both companies get out of this
announcement is a lot of publicity (of the good kind); I wouldn't sniff
at the $100 million, though...

John Heckendorn
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