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- From: ckincy@cs.umr.edu (Charles Kincy)
- Subject: Re: More advertising
- References: <8230@lib.tmc.edu> <1992Dec29.181546.1151@wam.umd.edu> <30DEC199218072507@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov>
- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 06:15:01 GMT
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- In article <30DEC199218072507@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov> scdorcy@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov (JAMES DORCEY) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec29.181546.1151@wam.umd.edu>, rsrodger@wam.umd.edu
- >(Yamanari) writes...
- >>In article <8230@lib.tmc.edu> jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Jay Maynard)
- >writes:
- >>>In article <1992Dec29.155440.23938@wam.umd.edu> rsrodger@wam.umd.edu
- >(Yamanari) writes:
- >>>>>"With an operating system that can run all of your DOS, Windows, and OS/2
- >>>> ^^^
- >>>> Pull this word.
- >>>
- >>>You're being unnecessarily pedantic - there's NO OS that meets the criterion
- >>>you're holding OS/2 up to.
- >
- >> So we're agreed that using the word "all" is a lie, right? So
- >> *pull the word*.
- >
- >Okay, we'll pull the word "all". How's this sound as a replacement:
- >
- > ...with an operating system that runs more DOS programs than MS DOS 5,
- > more Windows programs than Windows 3.1, and all OS/2 programs.
- >
- >Is this better?
-
- 'Scuse me, fellas, but the text of the ad did not commit the atrocities
- you are claiming!
-
- [BTW, James, this ain't directed at you, but I decided to reply upon
- reading your article. :)]
-
- One sentence said, "With an operating system that can run all of
- your DOS, Windows, and OS/2....".
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- The other voiced it over and said "Buy OS/2", more or less.
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- Note that they *never* explicitly tied the two together.
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- Sure it's misleading. Face it. *All* advertising is misleading.
- That's why it works. That's why advertisers take courses in logic.
- So they can learn the fallacies and put them to use.
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- So, shut up about it already. :)
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- cpk
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