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- In article <3l1vnf$gik@newsbf02.news.aol.com> freddric@aol.com (Freddric) writes:
- >From: freddric@aol.com (Freddric)
- >Subject: Important Shipping Date for Lightwave PC
- >Date: 25 Mar 1995 15:50:55 -0500
-
- >I just heard from Newtek that lightwave for the pc might ship in 2 to 4
- >weeks. Not the end of this month. Signnn. I find it curious that, of the
- >graphics or 3d related publication out there, there is not a single ad for
- >Lightwave for the PC. It's seem to just be going by word of mouth. I
- >find it suprising, after the all the hoopla that Newtek put in to the
- >video toaster, that there is hardly any mentioning of lightwave for the
- >pc. Does this mean that Lightwave is now where near completion or that
- >the Marketing geniuses at Newtek have fumble the ball. There's not even
- >an ad in Video Toaster User! What is going on....Questioning minds want to
- >know.
-
- Dealers are advertising LW 4.0 in their current magazine ads. So far, I have
- found nobody offering significant discounts. I think NewTek will sell quite a
- number of packages the first couple of months and dealers will do quite
- nicely. NewTek can start formal advertising after they satiate this first
- wave of LW hunger.
-
- BTW, this word-of-mouth thing seems to cost them very little. Seems like the
- various publications are happy to give free press. Jim Plant is already
- helping NewTek market their as yet undisclosed new PC product (not a slam -
- that is just the way it works). NewTek has a large number of people like
- myself just frothing at the mouth waiting for 4.0. All with minimal
- advertising.
-
- NewTek and Microsoft are marketing geniuses. And they seem to have hit on
- the same successful formula. I am beginning to think the genius is in how
- long a company can string along its customers before they jump ship. They are
- both such teases.
-
- I am going to have to look at my old VTU and see what exactly was predicted
- for LW 4.0 release. I'd swear it was supposed to be released 3 months ago.
- How could they be so wrong? It is probably one of two things. They decided
- to add extra functionality to be a better 3DS killer, or they simply mislead
- us. Either seems plausible and I will probably never know the truth. I don't
- develop software, but right now it looks like they are four months behind and
- I just don't think they miscalculate that badly. But then, I could EASILY be
- wrong.
-
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