From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_50 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Date: 8 Sep 93 14:55:54 GMT From: cis.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!cs.utex as.edu!csc.ti.com!tilde.csc.ti.com!mksol!mccall@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Fred J. M cCall 575-5185) Subject: Re: A very successful Ada marketing disaster Message-ID: <1993Sep8.145554.17117@mksol.dseg.ti.com> List-Id: In <26kmql$ht@europa.eng.gtefsd.com> jwilson@mtgy.gtegsc.com (Jon Wilson, PRC) writes: >I find it hard to believe that a commercial organization isn't >willing to invest in an opportunity that could improve their >customer base. (Especially when someone is willing to volunteer >their own time. Microsoft is willing to spend money sponsoring >football games to make OS/2 a household name, and _some_ Ada >vendors aren't willing to support a proponent at a conference. Looks like that advertising at that football game wasn't as effective as it might have been. OS/2 is an IBM product. Microsoft would rather you didn't buy it and would prefer that you purchase Windows/NT or wait for Chicago instead. -- "Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live in the real world." -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fred.McCall@dseg.ti.com - I don't speak for others and they don't speak for me.