Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!wiley!bob
From: bob@wiley.UUCP (Bob Amstadt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re:  Atari Marketing Strat. --- con't
Message-ID: <1618@wiley.UUCP>
Date: 8 Dec 87 17:57:53 GMT
References: <8712061737.AA05104@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Reply-To: bob@wiley.UUCP (Bob Amstadt)
Organization: TRW Inc., Redondo Beach, CA
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In article <8712061737.AA05104@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> EJGEORGE@SUNSET.BITNET writes:
     ...
>done.  Not only are most of the users on the net loyal and satisfied, but most
>(if not all) are intelligent college students/faculty.  WHY NOT LISTEN TO US?
     ...

Excuse me, but college students and faculty are not the only users out there.
Personally I'm offended by the fact that you imply that there is no more
important opinion than that of someone at a university. I think you would
be surprised at how many professionals read "the net" on a regular basis.
Believe it or not, we, too, have some degree of intelligence (No, it didn't
go away when we gradutated).

Personally, I think it wise of Atari to adhere to their own marketing
strategy. I may be wrong, but I don't believe that the average net reader
has enough information to tell Atari how to conduct business. Let Atari
decide on its own whether or not to run commercials.

On the other hand, I hope that Atari does listen to us when we have
technical complaints because we are users and it is our word of mouth
that sells their computers.
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		---Bob Amstadt
		bob@wiley.uucp
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