Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site utastro.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!ut-sally!utastro!nather From: nather@utastro.UUCP (Ed Nather) Newsgroups: net.rumor Subject: Re: New Coke/Old Coke Message-ID: <351@utastro.UUCP> Date: Sat, 13-Jul-85 20:53:37 EDT Article-I.D.: utastro.351 Posted: Sat Jul 13 20:53:37 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Jul-85 04:29:21 EDT References: <745@ihuxa.UUCP> <14100001@ccvaxa> Organization: U. Texas, Astronomy, Austin, TX Lines: 18 > I confess, > I'm sufficiently cynical that I believe this is exactly what they > intended all along. They got lots of attention and another product > to take just a little more shelf space (the absolute number one most > precious resource in supermarkets) and they can run ads saying "Classic > Coke was so good that you wouldn't let it die." > -- > scott preece Don't ascribe to subtle conniving what simple stupidity explains. I think one analyst put it well: "They have blundered into a commanding market position." -- Ed Nather Astronomy Dept, U of Texas @ Austin {allegra,ihnp4}!{noao,ut-sally}!utastro!nather nather%utastro.UTEXAS@ut-sally.ARPA