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| 3490.1 | Skew ! | OTOOA::MOWBRAY | This isn't a job its an Adventure | Fri Nov 04 1994 12:38 | 5 |
| just to keep things in perspective, please at least add the names of
the other companies so that we don't get the impression that it was
just about us.
thnks
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| 3490.2 | We're not #1 | SALEM::GREENSTEIN | | Fri Nov 04 1994 13:05 | 2 |
| IBM was first in the list. Digital was second. And Apple was also
mentioned, but I can't remember if Apple was 3rd.
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| 3490.3 | ain't that easy... | MRKTNG::BROCK | Son of a Beech | Fri Nov 04 1994 14:35 | 8 |
| His comment about 'if I owned the alpha chip, I'd be bowling with Gates
by now....' is a relatively simplistic statement to make. Did the
author deem to share what insights he or she had about the correct way
to have done this? Or did the author care to share why, if (s)he is so
endowed with marketing acumen, (s)he is writing for a two-bit
PC magazine?
'A jackass can kick down a barn. Takes a smart man to build one'.
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| 3490.4 | | PCBUOA::SWANEY | Escape is never the safest path | Fri Nov 04 1994 14:36 | 12 |
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Well he really doesn't rank the 6 companies he talks about he says this
"Here are the six companies cited most often by my Electronic
Roundtable"
then he talks about IBM,DIGITAL,BORLAND,APPLE,MEDIA VISION and Novell
he then goes on and gives some dishonorable mentions , CENTRAL POINT,
ALDUS,MIRCOGRAFX,SPC SYMANTEC
BS
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| 3490.5 | Use a dose of salts here... | POBOX::CORSON | Higher, and a bit more to the right | Fri Nov 04 1994 14:46 | 16 |
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Quick note. The author of the column started his series with the
best companies before he got to the worst (in his estimation). The
central theme was *product marketing*. Naturally Microsoft, Compaq,
Sun and H-P were the leaders. IBM, Digital, etc. were not. Nothing new
there.
The most interesting part is that PC Week was doing the talking.
Since PCs is really not ALPHA, I believe it leaves us a lot of latitude
to create a presence, especially in servers driven by both our hardware
and software technologies around ALPHA.
The key, IMHO, is changing the rules of the marketplace. Starion is
a start in the SOHO business. I for one will feel real good once ALPHA
servers start moving thru alternative channels for small businesses and
resellers thereof.
the Greyhawk
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| 3490.6 | | RANGER::CLARK | | Fri Nov 04 1994 17:14 | 6 |
| > If I owned the Alpha chip, I'd be bowling with Bill Gates by now."
Any suggestion as to whether he'd be using Mr.Gates in place of a candlepin ball
or a tenpin ball? Anyway, I'm sure BP could have done this as well, except that
it might have put a damper on the various Digital/Microsoft alliances (unless BG
has a wicked sense of humor).
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| 3490.7 | | 56821::SHERMAN | Steve NETCAD::Sherman DTN 226-6992, LKG2-A/R05 pole AA2 | Mon Nov 07 1994 09:29 | 4 |
| Of course, the flip side of this is that if this guy owned the Alpha
chip, Bill Gates would now be poor enough to want go bowling with him ...
Steve
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