Shoe Salesman?

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From: Richard Siegel
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1987 19:30

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	I quote:

I have a theory that computer salesmen are, in general, ex-car salesmen.  But
that's implying some degree of technical sophistication.  Shoe salesmen, per-
haps?  Their real purpose is to let the user make his own decisions.  They
are *not* computer consultants.  Try browsing around in a store sometime and
listen to the BS salesmen tell customers about "home" computers...


I take exception to that, sir. 40 hours a week I am a Macintosh
developer. 8 more hours a week I am a salesman at Next Generation
Computers, in Williamsburg, Virginia. Because I am a computer salesman
does that imply that I have no technical sophistication?

I doubt it.

I do not disagree with you; I have seen computer salesmen who are
barely qualiied to plug a computer in, let alone explain how one
works. However, that does *not* give you license to generalize.

Try again....

		--Rich

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