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- Path: coranto.ucs.mun.ca!gnoel
- From: gnoel@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (George Noel)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: The March Amiga?
- Date: 3 Feb 1996 18:32:23 GMT
- Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
- Sender: gnoel@plato.ucs.mun.ca
- Message-ID: <4f09nn$1m2@coranto.ucs.mun.ca>
- References: <19960131.7866358.ED3D@obscurity.pd.mcs.net>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: plato.ucs.mun.ca
- Summary: Compromising position
- Keywords: Verbal diahrea
-
- In article <19960131.7866358.ED3D@obscurity.pd.mcs.net>,
- Eric Szulczewski <ejszul@obscurity.pd.mcs.net> wrote:
- >
- >In a message dated 01-27-96 19-00 Gary Alan Peake writes:
- >
- >GP> >GN> You were crapping on the A1200,
- >
- >GP> >How appropriate, because that's exactly what I think it is: crap.
- >
- >GP> So, the thesaurus is broken or what?
- >
- >All I can say is that when I was responding to that, I was in the
- >initial throes of a bad, bad, bad case of stomach flu. Plus, I do have
-
- Which lead to his bad case of verbal diahrea and fascination with crap. :)
-
- >GP> This is supposed to be an intelligent response? Let's all trash George
- >GP> with a bunch of slang so we can make ourselves look like really BIG men?
- >GP> And you say HE needs another 'penis substitute'?
- >
- >As I said, I was sick. Plus, I guess I was insulting him because of
- ^^^^^^^^^^
-
- That's for sure! :)
-
- >his rather insulting remarks to me ("You don't like the 1200, so you
- >don't like Amigas!").
-
- I wasn't singling out the A1200 only, though at the time that was the one
- you were mainly picking on. For someone claiming to be a part of Team
- Amiga, you certainly were trashing the current lowend computer and the
- parent company enough. If my understanding of Team Amiga's purpose is
- correct, it is to aid Amiga users, promote the Amiga and offer
- opinions/concerns to Amiga Technologies, not bash the platform and the
- company every chance you get!
-
- >GP> Because YOU have a problem with the 'meat' dept at Wal-Mart doesn't mean
- >GP> that everyone does. Once again, remove the blinders and look at the global
- >GP> picture. The name of the game is EXPOSURE, EXPOSURE, EXPOSURE right now!
- >
- >Point One: For once, I wasn't talking about Wal-Mart. You missed the
- >beginning of this convo, where George was taking me to task for my
- >anti-Wal-Mart bias by saying that he bought his first C= systems in a
- >place called General Tire, and implied that he'd like to see a new
-
- That's Canadian Tire, a hardware/automotive/electronics/general home
- purpose chain of stores here in Canada. The Amiga's (as were the C64s
- and Vic-20s earlier then it were located next to the TVs, stereos and video
- game consoles at the time. They don't carry computers anymore but still carry
- Sega and Nintedo.
-
- I wasn't specificaly saying to have them in Canadian Tire again but some
- kind of major department store anyways to get that extra exposure.
- Walmart would have been the best bet but with the new deal between them
- and Microsoft looming, I doubt this will happen.
-
- >Point Two: The name of the game is EXPOSURE, EXPOSURE, EXPOSURE all
- >right. So where's the PROMOTION, PROMOTION, PROMOTION to get that
- >exposure?
-
- When they have a product good enough to promote and the mass production
- capabilities, then I'm sure they will. This should start with the A1200
- Surfer hopefully.
-
- >GP> >Just because I go after two of the seven computers in the line? You
- >GP> >need to have your head examined.
- >
- >GP> Another excellent 'child-like' response to George. I AM impressed! :)
- >
- >Come on, I was sick, dammit!
-
- Glad my messages do that to you! :) But seriously, that is no excuse for
- the reply.
-
-
- -=*George*=-
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