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- From: basiji@milton.u.washington.edu (David Basiji)
- Subject: Re: Will there be a back to school special?
- Message-ID: <basiji.712095358@milton>
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- Organization: University of Washington
- References: <1992Jul23.201012.22191@bmw.mayo.edu> <1992Jul24.202440.11392@fnbc.com>
- Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 20:15:58 GMT
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- lemson@fnbc.com (David Lemson) writes:
-
- >In article <1992Jul23.201012.22191@bmw.mayo.edu> brunkhorst@mayo.edu
- >(Geoff Brunkhorst) writes:
- >> In article <1992Jul23.174243.20388@athena.mit.edu> chuck@hans.mit.edu
- >(Chuck
- >> Parsons) writes:
- >> >
- >> > Given the time of year I thought it possible that NeXT might be
- >> > rolling out a promo for the new scholl year as well as to dump all the
- >> > slabs before the RISC machines come out (I assume they won't come out
- >> > before Christmas).
- >>
- >>
- >> If a new promo comes out, I suspect it to be announced August 1 or
- >after.
- >> I suspect it will be in the form of software bundling, and/or printer
- >> bundling ("Get all this cool software for worth $2000, for $200, and
- >> this printer for $100 off!")
- >Historically, I don't think there have been any hardware specials offered
- >in the fall. Most of the specials come out near the end of the spring
- >semester, when students are leaving school and are anxious to get a
- >computer at the low educational prices.
-
- >Of course, last year there was the software bundle special in the early
- >fall.
- >--
- >David Lemson (312) 732-4741
- >FNBC Sys Admin (Summer) UIUC NeXT Campus Consultant(rest of the time)
- >E-mail to: lemson@fnbc.com NeXTMail accepted
-
- Don't forget NeXTWorld Expo as the preferred event for the announcement/
- introduction for new hardware. That's February 1993.
-
- Dave
- --
- David Basiji
- "C neophyte, Bioengineering Grad Student, Internet Personality"
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