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- Path: sparky!uunet!uunet.ca!geac!zooid!kovarski
- From: Mark Kovarski <kovarski@zooid.guild.org>
- Subject: Re: Contest: Predict how many people will IBM have
- Organization: ZOOiD BBS
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 07:02:12 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan5.070212.16406@zooid.guild.org>
- References: <1993Jan4.063046.23655@zooid.guild.org> <C0C7w6.n0u@panix.com>
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- os2man@panix.com (Larry Salomon Jr.) writes:
- >In <1993Jan4.063046.23655@zooid.guild.org> Mark Kovarski <kovarski@zooid.guild.org> writes:
- >
- >>This person (Stewart) in a recent issue was so upset and literally called
- >>IBM people idiots because of some commerical of some sort where a person
- >>buys a present and its OS/2. He was going on and on and on (Just like
- >>Mickeysoft). He usually doesn't speak very positive about OS/2 but that's
- >>his right. To anyone how is interested, this is his address on the Internet:
- >
- >Mark, I agree, Infoworld is not pro-OS/2 by any means, but I agree with his
- >conclusion about the "OS/2 present" ad - it was *STUPID*.
- >
- >Sometimes I think the analogy about the pool table and the operating system
- >war is better applied to IBM's advertisements: occassionally they pocket
- >a good one, but usually they miscue. :-/
- >
- >Cheers,
- >Q
- >--
- >"If you choose not to decide, you | "My other body is in the shop" - seen
- > still have made a choice" - Rush | on a T-shirt
- >------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
- I think it is a pretty sad moment when someone can win a price when other
- people are loosing their job. This has nothing to do with IBM but with any
- companies. I don't mind users being reasonable but some of the things I
- read, are absurd statements.
-
- As far as the "Presents ad" goes, many users will watch it and will be
- influenced. It is a hard question to answer but the way he was raging
- about it was absurd.
-
- Interesting enough, the pool table ad that was played on the "Fiesta Bowl"
- is not exactly the same as the one played by other stations in Canada.
- Unlike the "Fiesta Bowl" ad, the ads played here include a screen shot
- of the "Ambra" computer and the OS/2 logo. It might well be that there
- are slight variations played in different countries.
-
- Best Regards,
- Mark Kovarski
-