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- From: linstee@dutecaj.et.tudelft.nl (Erik van Linstee)
- Subject: Re: More advertising
- Message-ID: <1993Jan01.180130.6229@donau.et.tudelft.nl>
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- Organization: Delft University of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering
- References: <30DEC199218072507@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov> <1992Dec31.000144.10417@wam.umd.edu> <1992Dec31.062803.26739@cs.joensuu.fi> <1992Dec31.141622.6280@wam.umd.edu>
- Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1993 18:01:30 GMT
- Lines: 33
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- rsrodger@wam.umd.edu (Yamanari) writes:
-
- >In article <1992Dec31.062803.26739@cs.joensuu.fi> jahonen@cs.joensuu.fi (Jarmo Ahonen) writes:
- >>rsrodger@wam.umd.edu (Yamanari) writes:
- >>
- >>> Let me ask: Is it everyones opinion that OS/2 is sucha bad
- >>> product that it cannot stand on it's merits alone and that we
- >>> have to buffer these merits with blatant lies?
- >>>
- >>(stuff deleted)
- >>> *Why* is it necessary to lie? If you're going to put a qualifier
- >>> in there, put an HONEST one, like "most". I prefer not confusing
- >>> people and just omitting the qualifier altogether.
- >>
- >>Here in finland most of the OS/2 adds say something like "most" or
- >>"almost every" etc. And they mention 6 MB of memory and 80 MB disk...
- >>Actually the memory requirement is that 6 MB and the proposed is 8 MB.
-
-
- > Well, let's hear it for IBM Finland!
-
- > <Doesn't change the situation in America and elsewhere
- > though. .. Maybe a letter to IBM saying how great the
- > finland ad/packaging is would get the point across...>
-
- Make that the European ad/packaging.
-
-
- >--
- > Blaming society for your problems is like blaming clouds for rain.
- > --- Boycott == censorship == cowardice ---
- > Do I even need to point out that my views do not represent
- > those of my employer, institution or relations?
-