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From: amiga@primenet.com
To: All
Subj: Re: New press release- VIScorp at Kmart??
Date: 29 Jun 1996 00:36:03
Area: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
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From: Jack andrews <amiga@primenet.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: New press release- VIScorp at Kmart??
Date: 29 Jun 1996 00:36:03 -0700
Organization: Primenet (602)416-7000
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Message-ID: <4r2md3$71r@nnrp1.news.primenet.com>
References: <4r2k9d$q2g@uwm.edu>
X-Posted-By: amiga@usr2.primenet.com
Noah I Rosenberg <integral@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu> wrote:
: I just saw this press release, posted here in it's entirety for
: those who haven't seen it. My own commentary follows :) (btw this came from
: www.cucug.org)
: -- BEGIN TEXT
:
:
: VISCORP AND EMERSON RADIO CORP. SIGN LETTER OF INTENT FOR EXCLUSIVE
: DISTRIBUTION BY EMERSON RADIO OF INTERACTIVE SET-TOP DEVICE AND 'SMART' TV
:
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text cut here.... and:
: *********************************
: END TEXT
: BEGIN COMMENTARY
: Wow, emerson. I've never bouth a single emerson product. Then again,
: I don't buy TV's at Kmart.. but I assume a lot of people do. Is this really
: what VIScorp wants though? The kind of people who shop at Kmart (while it's
: a bad idea to stereotype) probably aren't the highest onthe scale of
: computer literate people..However, this product probably WILL sell tons..
Yes, actually it is a mass market and good place for product recognition.
: Does this mean ALL VIScorp products (like, say, oh, I don't know,
: AMIGAS maybe) will be sold at Kmart?
Viscorp's setop it seems will be from reading your quoted article, but
alas, no mention of selling any Amiga :(
I say alas, because Amiga sales at Kmart would sure give the Amiga the
publicity it could use, and a "household" Amiga at Kmart will survive.
: I dunno if this is such a great idea. I argued against this tooth
: and nail a few months ago. Let's hope that the set-top boxes stay at Kmart
: and Amigas stay at computer shops and high-end video stores.. I always liked
: the idea of the Amiga being the classiest of computers.. (I bought my first
: A500 at a high-end a/v store and probably wouldn't have bought one at Kmart)
Yes, but again, the Amiga needs the boost in sales. No sales=No more Amigas.
: Well hey, it's great exposure at the very least. I've been seeing
: things about VIScorp all over the place, on TV, in the papers, etc. and they
: all mention the Amiga!
Yeah!! just my point.
Jack Andrews
amiga@primenet.com
Tucson, Arizona
http://www.primenet.com/~amiga
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