Marketing (was Re: Columbus analogy (Was: Corrections to trivia

From: Sam Ismail <dastar_at_ncal.verio.com>
Date: Mon Oct 12 00:01:02 1998

On Sun, 11 Oct 1998, Doug Yowza wrote:

> I'm glad that this brings the thread slightly on-topic, but I'm amazed at
> how much you attribute to marketing. If I were a simple marketing droid,
> I would be very flattered that you attribute:
> * 40 years of corporate stability to marketing
> * extensive manufacturing capability to marketing
> * cash reserves to sustain development to marketing
> * vast R+D resources to marketing
> * world-class documentation to marketing
> * world-wide customer support to marketing
> * a simply immense infrastructure ... to marketing!

Do you think they would have any of the above if nobody ever bought any of
their products?

Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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