melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) (09/21/90)
NeXT needs a phrase that sticks in peoples minds, like the "Real Thing", "the Pepsi Generation", or "The Computer For The Rest of Us." I would say they did a great job building the machine, but they have to sell it, which might actually turn out to be harder. Do you think there is enough brain power on the net to come up with an award winning slogan? Better yet, a NeXT song like "I'd like to buy the world a NeXT... ." :-) -Mike
jacob@gore.com (Jacob Gore) (09/21/90)
/ comp.sys.next / melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) / Sep 20, 1990 / > NeXT needs a phrase that sticks in peoples minds, like the "Real > Thing" [...] Black Is Beautiful Jacob -- Jacob Gore Jacob@Gore.Com boulder!gore!jacob
lmann@bigbootay.sw.stratus.com (Mann) (09/21/90)
In article <130096@gore.com>, jacob@gore.com (Jacob Gore) writes: > / comp.sys.next / melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) / Sep 20, 1990 / > > NeXT needs a phrase that sticks in peoples minds, like the "Real > > Thing" [...] > Black Is Beautiful If NeXT wanted to be derisive (say, John Silber or Bart Simpson were writing NeXT's ads), a catch phrase could be: Only boobs don't like cubes *** Laurie_Mann@es.stratus.com ** uunet!lectroid!es!Laurie_Mann *** *** Stratus Computer, 55 Fairbanks Blvd., M22PUB, Marlboro, MA 01752 *** *** Work like hell * Tell everyone everything you know *** *** Close a deal with a handshake * Have fun *** *** Harold (Doc) Edgerton 1903-1990 ***
bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral) (09/21/90)
From article <130096@gore.com>, by jacob@gore.com (Jacob Gore): > / comp.sys.next / melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) / Sep 20, 1990 / >> NeXT needs a phrase that sticks in peoples minds, like the "Real >> Thing" [...] > Black Is Beautiful But what happens when you can get cubes in neon colors? -- Paul DuBois dubois@primate.wisc.edu "Was all of this because I wore a big man's hat?"
wiml@milton.u.washington.edu (William Lewis) (09/22/90)
In article <F96h1#62@cs.psu.edu> melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes: >NeXT needs a phrase that sticks in peoples minds, ... > ... Better yet, a NeXT song like "I'd like to buy the >world a NeXT... ." :-) The world, hell! I'd like to buy *myself* a NeXT. =8) Actually, I think a *song* may be going a bit far ... though it has some, um, amusing possibilities. Too bad the Slab isn't of a ratio 1:4:9 (and the NeXTdimension 1:4:9:25 ... ?) Or we could steal from popular radio ("Black Hardware, no more waiting for ... Black Hardware, if you pleeeasssee... <whine, twang>") -- wiml@milton.acs.washington.edu Seattle, Washington (William Lewis) | 47 41' 15" N 122 42' 58" W "These 2 cents will cost the net thousands upon thousands of dollars to send everywhere. Are you sure you want to do this?"
izot@zswamp.fidonet.org (Geoffrey Welsh) (09/22/90)
> From: jacob@gore.com (Jacob Gore) > Organization: Gore Enterprises > Message-ID: <130096@gore.com> > / comp.sys.next / melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) / Sep 20, 1990 / > > NeXT needs a phrase that sticks in peoples minds, like the "Real > > Thing" [...] > > Black Is Beautiful "Black by popular demand." -- UUCP: watmath!xenitec!zswamp!geoff | 602-66 Mooregate Crescent Internet: geoff@zswamp.fidonet.org | Kitchener, Ontario FidoNet: SYSOP, 1:221/171 | N2M 5E6 CANADA Data: (519) 742-8939 | (519) 741-9553 "Experience talks... and talks... and talks..."
peterd@opus.cs.mcgill.ca (Peter Deutsch) (09/24/90)
In article <3143@uakari.primate.wisc.edu>, bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral) writes: > From article <130096@gore.com>, by jacob@gore.com (Jacob Gore): > > / comp.sys.next / melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) / Sep 20, 1990 / > >> NeXT needs a phrase that sticks in peoples minds, like the "Real > >> Thing" [...] > > Black Is Beautiful > > But what happens when you can get cubes in neon colors? You conclude that the long awaited third-party NeXT clone market has arrived. There are things I don't like about Jobs, but I would hope that his sense of aethestics would prevent neon cubes as long as he held 50 percent + one of the shares. :-) - peterd -------------------------------------------------------------------------- +-------+ Peter Deutsch McGill University | u # u | peterd@cs.mcgill.ca School of Computer Science |/\/\/\/| | a a | No, I'm not _THE_ Peter Deutsch, I'm _A_ Peter Deutsch. \ a / I think the other guy still works for ParcPlace Systems. \___/ No I don't have his email address. He doesn't know me, either. --------------------------------------------------------------------------