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- From: amiga@primenet.com
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- 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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- 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)
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- : -- BEGIN TEXT
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- :
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- : 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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- : *********************************
- : END TEXT
- : BEGIN COMMENTARY
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- : 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
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