msmiller@gonzoville.Eng.Sun.COM (Mark Miller) (05/01/90)
In article <24356@usc.edu>, kurtzman@pollux.usc.edu (Stephen Kurtzman) writes: |>Moral of the story: Ehman is probably no more and no less deceptive or |>incompetent than the average American business. I'd bet on more. I stopped by their booth at MacWorld a few weeks ago, they had a good deal on a 19" display. So I start asking the dude (I am using this appropriately, he was barely awake) about some of the things I had read in the last months MacWorld and MacUser reviews. Not only didn't he know the answers, he didn't even know that there had been TWO feature reviews on big- screen displays. Feeb-city. -MSM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mark S. Miller UUCP: msmiller@Sun.COM "In a nation ruled by swine, ################## GEnie: MSMILLER all pigs are upward mobile." ###################################################### - Hunter S. Thompson
ngg@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM (Norman Goodger) (05/04/90)
In article <1819@east.East.Sun.COM> msmiller@Sun.COM (Mark Miller) writes: > >I'd bet on more. I stopped by their booth at MacWorld a few weeks ago, they >had a good deal on a 19" display. So I start asking the dude (I am using this >appropriately, he was barely awake) about some of the things I had read in >the last months MacWorld and MacUser reviews. Not only didn't he know the >answers, he didn't even know that there had been TWO feature reviews on big- >screen displays. >Feeb-city. I think its a little presumptious to assume that everyone runs out and reads MacWorld or MacUsers reviews and then slight the whole company because you think he should have read all these articles just to satisfy you. And if you've never had to sit in a booth at Macworld for several hours, I would bet you would be half-awake too.. -- Norm Goodger SysOp - MacInfo BBS @415-795-8862 3Com Corp. Co-SysOp FreeSoft RT - GEnie. Enterprise Systems Division (I disclaim anything and everything) UUCP: {3comvax,auspex,sun}!bridge2!ngg Internet: ngg@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM
rock@warp.Eng.Sun.COM (Bill Petro - SunOS Marketing) (05/05/90)
ngg@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM (Norman Goodger) writes: >In article <1819@east.East.Sun.COM> msmiller@Sun.COM (Mark Miller) writes: >> >>I'd bet on more. I stopped by their booth at MacWorld a few weeks ago, they >>had a good deal on a 19" display. So I start asking the dude (I am using this >>appropriately, he was barely awake) about some of the things I had read in >>the last months MacWorld and MacUser reviews. Not only didn't he know the >>answers, he didn't even know that there had been TWO feature reviews on big- >>screen displays. >>Feeb-city. > I think its a little presumptious to assume that everyone runs out > and reads MacWorld or MacUsers reviews and then slight the whole > company because you think he should have read all these articles > just to satisfy you. I'll have to respectfully disagree with you here, Norm. This is exactly why the "dude" is at the show, to positively reflect on his company. If he isn't doing that, then the wrong person is in the booth. If he hasn't read what his company is saying to the two largest trade mags about his product, he shouldn't be telling the public something different. > And if you've never had to sit in a booth at Macworld for several > hours, I would bet you would be half-awake too.. >-- >Norm Goodger SysOp - MacInfo BBS @415-795-8862 >3Com Corp. Co-SysOp FreeSoft RT - GEnie. >Enterprise Systems Division (I disclaim anything and everything) >UUCP: {3comvax,auspex,sun}!bridge2!ngg Internet: ngg@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM -- Bill Petro {decwrl,hplabs,ucbvax}!sun!Eng!rock "UNIX for the sake of the kingdom of heaven" Matthew 19:12
ngg@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM (Norman Goodger) (05/08/90)
In article <135239@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> rock@warp.Eng.Sun.COM (Bill Petro - SunOS Marketing) writes: > >I'll have to respectfully disagree with you here, Norm. This is exactly >why the "dude" is at the show, to positively reflect on his company. If >he isn't doing that, then the wrong person is in the booth. If he >hasn't read what his company is saying to the two largest trade mags >about his product, he shouldn't be telling the public something different. > Bill Petro {decwrl,hplabs,ucbvax}!sun!Eng!rock I disgree, while a marketing rep at a show should be familiar with his products and software so that he can effectively discuss his products. That does not mean he is going to be aware of every published report on his product. He should be knowledgable enough on his products to defend them from perhaps less then great reviews or be able to admit that in comparison to other products in that category they have room for improvement that they are looking into. -- Norm Goodger SysOp - MacInfo BBS @415-795-8862 3Com Corp. Co-SysOp FreeSoft RT - GEnie. Enterprise Systems Division (I disclaim anything and everything) UUCP: {3comvax,auspex,sun}!bridge2!ngg Internet: ngg@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM