Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 14:04:21 -0800 From: Eric Melville <eric@FreeBSD.org> To: Nils Holland <nils@tisys.org> Cc: Jeremiah Gowdy <jeremiah@sherline.com>, Paul Robinson <paul@akita.co.uk>, David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com>, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NatWest? no thanks Message-ID: <20011102140421.B37684@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20011102163728.F588-100000@howie.ncptiddische.net>; from nils@tisys.org on Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 04:42:45PM %2B0100 References: <001f01c163ae$1f2ebaa0$aa00a8c0@cx443070b> <20011102163728.F588-100000@howie.ncptiddische.net>
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> With many millons of dollars for marketing and a few easy psychological > tricks, I could get people to throw away their current PC and make them > buy an 8 bit machine with 64 KB of RAM instead. Of course, I would not > talk about the bits and the RAM, but I'd talk about easy to use, I'd > mention the words "total cost of ownership", maybe something like > "standard" - yes, all that stuff that sounds good. A few good looking TV > spots will be helpful too. And then, I'd present *myself* as the best > marketing tool, just like Bill Gates is Microsoft's mascot now (we have a > daemon, they have a Gates). Oh, would my 8 bit machine sell fine!!! Eight is boring. Use a prime. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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