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Article #853Re: DECstation 3100 **really** wants to be a rainbow.
From: David Collier-Brown
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1989 16:13
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1989 16:13
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collins@grumpy.cs.unm.edu (Bill Collins) writes:a
>I don't like it either. But lets not be naive. Try not to point figners as
>you only have few, and there are more than these who would have you pay for
>their services. If you want to be "that way", know what you are doing.
I confess I don't understand the second sentence above.
I **thought** I was pointing out a positioning error on DEC's part,
one that was a disservice to both the company and the customers.
>> To quote a previous commentator, "mickey mouse crap and marketing tactics
>>that stink."
>Really? I seem to hear that a lot.
Yes, and for good reason. Senior DEC managment need to provide a
bit of "managerial oversight", and avoid letting oversights like this (:-})
get through the marketing process.
>"You're a mushroom, they plant you in a dark corner, they dump S... on you, and
>you grow."
Nope.
I'm an evergreen, I'm dark, I'm threatening, I'm prickly and I block the
bitter winds and snow of Winter.
--dave
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!yunexus!davecb From: davecb@yunexus.UUCP (David Collier-Brown) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: DECstation 3100 **really** wants to be a rainbow. Keywords: login Message-ID: <5007@yunexus.UUCP> Date: 10 Nov 89 16:13:13 GMT Article-I.D.: yunexus.5007 References: <4903@yunexus.UUCP> <564@unmvax.unm.edu> Organization: York U. Computing Services Lines: 33