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- From: Eric Szulczewski <ejszul19@starnetinc.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: The March Amiga?
- Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1996 19:43:04 -0600
- Organization: American Information Systems, Inc.
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- Gary Alan Peake wrote:
-
- > The 'Surfer' will market itself (at least will sell the production that
- > AT can get out in time for Xmas).
-
- That seems to be AT's attitude as well. No, it won't, Gary.
-
- > And as far as what Paul is saying about the Amiga in England, either all
- > the recent mags I just bought Sunday are dead wrong or Paul is? As he
- > said, I don't live there and have no idea except for what I read and what
- > he says - two divergent stories I'm afraid.
-
- Where are the mags getting their info? Probably from Gilles. Not an
- unbiased source of info, I'm afraid. I'd believe Paul before any magazine.
-
- > >GP> Have you tried a personal email to any of the Amiga Technologies
- > >GP> folks? One that is rational, constructive, with 'factual' > >GP> information ... not full of inuendo's and projections?
-
- > >I would presume that even if it was rational and constructive, my name
- > >is mud with Kittel and Bourdin because of these posts, and therefore a
- > >letter would be a futile effort. Notice that Kittel hasn't responded
- > >to that one message I posted three weeks ago.
- > Maybe ... maybe not? I have no idea. But, I wouldn't be looking for gloom
- > and doom if I were them. I would be looking for constructive criticisms
- > that also offer some 'reasonable' alternatives.
-
- And any constructive ideas that we give either of them, especially Kittel,
- are shot down because it doesn't fit into this nebulous "plan" that AT has.
- Maybe they DON'T know what's best for the system and we do.
-
- > >Now try to follow this skein of logic, Gary, instead of just saying
- > >"Kittel said so". He isn't God, you know.
- > >
- > >1) Escom owns AT.
- > >
- > >2) It would be in Escom's own interest to promote the products of one
- > >of their subsidiaries in their own stores. This is the argument that
- > >some people overseas were voicing.
- > >
- > >3) If anyone could provide the necessary training and familiarization
- > >to employees of Escom stores on an Escom product, it would be Escom,
- > >wouldn't it? Training and familiarization would have helped provide
- > >proper displays and demonstrations in Escom stores, and would have sold
- > >more 1200s. I don't think you could argue with that point.
- > >
- > >4) Escom didn't bother with the training and familiarization. The 1200
- > >ended up laying inside boxes in Escom stores over the Christmas sales
- > >season. Could there be a connection between those two? Escom and AT
- > >both said to us, "Why bother? They're not going to know about the
- > >system.", and then decided to bring the product into Escom stores, thus
- > >setting up the conditions for a self-fulfilling prophecy, Mystic Meg.
- > >
- > >5) It was in Escom's power to make certain that the product of one of
- > >their subsidiaries was best presented in their own stores, yet they
- > >chose not to exercise it. This is the point I was bringing up. How
- > >can you defend them for that (non-) action?
- >
- > It happens to be that Escom and Amiga Technologies are 'related'
- > companies but not dependant. Sort of like Chrysler and Dodge. Two very
- > distinct individual companies trying to sell two very distinct individual
- > items.
-
- The profits from which both go to Escom's bottom line.
-
- > How many Dodge stores would tell ya, 'why don't you buy that pretty
- > Voyager down the street instead of this nice Caravan we have.'
-
- Mine would. I own a Dodge, and my local dealer has some of the stupidest
- people I've ever met.
-
- > By the way, you really should get that quoting thing fixed? It has me
- > saying everything ... even the negatives.
-
- Well, considering that I got on my provider only by purchasing a DOG box
- (worse yet, running Windog 95!), and I'm using Netscape Gold, maybe that'll
- fix that problem. As soon as the S--fer package comes out, though, I'm
- going to see if that solves my basic Net problems (namely inability of my
- PPP driver to work with my provider).
-
- Eric Szulczewski
- ejszul19@starnetinc.com
- On a DOG box against my will
-