c299-af@volga.Berkeley.EDU (James C. Lee) (04/25/91)
In artilce <13027@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>: > Improv deal is not over yet. After receiving my delayed 040 upgrade last week > (I ordered it in November last year), I called NeXT's 800 number to ask if > I can get Improv for free. The lady I talked on the phone told me I need a > proof of order (not proof of purchase). Then I called The Scholar's > Workstation > which is UC Berkeley's computer sales department. What I was told is that > NeXT extended the deadline (again!) to the end of May. > > Hideo Mizoguchi > University of California at Berkeley Let me kill this potential rumor before it snow-balls.... No, Lotus has not extended its offer. The May deadline is the deadline for submitting the Lotus coupon that comes with your system, which has to be ordered before March 31. The reason that The Scholar's Workstation's machines can still get you Improv is because TSW ordered the machines before March 31. As a result of that, we have machines in stock, which are also eligible for free Improv offer.... I hope this clears the potential rumor. James Lee NeXT Campus Consultant at UC Berkeley
smk5@quads.uchicago.edu (stephen mortimer kramarsky) (04/26/91)
>Let me kill this potential rumor before it snow-balls.... No, Lotus has not >extended its offer. The May deadline is the deadline for submitting the >Lotus coupon that comes with your system, which has to be ordered before >March 31. The reason that The Scholar's Workstation's machines can still >get you Improv is because TSW ordered the machines before March 31. As a >result of that, we have machines in stock, which are also eligible for >free Improv offer.... I hope this clears the potential rumor. > >James Lee >NeXT Campus Consultant at UC Berkeley I bought my machine (an 040 slab) here on at the U. Chicago campus today (April 25, 1991) and to my surprise found that it did not come with Mathematica (as advertised) but that it did contain a pamphlet entitled "RSVP" which offered me free tee-shirts, NeXTWORLD subscription, and - SURPRISE - Improv! At least that's what it looks like. It says I'm going to get "$700" worth of nifty stuff for sending in this registration form (doesn't mention the 200 tons of non-recyclable junk-mail, of course!) Anyway, is this the coupon you were talking about? Am I gonna get Improv? RSVP!! Please limit your flames if any, this is my first time posting ever! Thanks in advance, Steve Kramarsky SMK5@quads.uchicago.edu