Conference 7.286::digital

    OK, I'll bite.  What the heck are you talking about?
    

    is it ACE?

    Hewlett-Packard's calendar year 1990 sales exceed that of Digital.

    Re .3 Approx 48% of HP sales are from instrumentation side, not
          computer side.

THis is either a lead into an Open Systems announcement. In which case, it
probably doesn't belong here, 

or

a promo for a gold tournament, if which case, it definitely doesn't belong
here..

q :-)

And written from an anonymous account, forbidden by security policies, no less.

Dear .0

You have piqued noone's interest.... I hope you are not responsible
for announcing whatever-it-is next month or our customers will do the
same as they have here..... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

    CASIO sold more calculators last year than both IBM and DEC combined
    sold in computers,therefore *they* should be the #1 computer company in
    the world.
    
    (makes as much sense as the H-P thing)
    
    Ken
    

    The Japanese are number one in a lot of things, but most of it's
    middle-class lives in a home the size of a shoebox.
    
    (just thought I would mention it, although it doesn't relate to a heck
    of a lot of this pointless discussion).
    
    Dave
    
    

    In view of todays plant closings, .0's statement is about as exciting
    as Melba Toast and milk.  If, indeed there is something of interest to
    say...DO IT!  Otherwise by next month Digital could be the worlds tenth
    largest computer company.

    
    Re .0:
    
    Please... not another string of "Infiniti" ads!
    

    I believe what the author of .0 is referring to is the ad campaign that
    is being kicked off. It started already, and if you look in Digital
    Review 8-APRIL-1991, pp11-13 you will get am idea. Basically it is
    about NAS. The tag line goes, " NAS from Digital, the Open Advantage"
    
    This is the new "Digital has it now" campaign that played in the 80's.
    
    Keep your eye out for ads to appear in many of the generic magazines as
    well as the manufacturing trade press. Some of the ads have a lead line
    of "Digital Opens an Automobile Plant..." with interesting graphics and
    body text that explain that what we as a company offer is the best
    technology,based on multi vendor standards to solve real world business 
    problems. 
    
    I have seen some of the art work and it is eye catching, the messages
    that go along with the ads as I stated concentrate on presenting
    Digital as the open system vendor that solves real customer business
    problems. The open system referred to here is not necessarily unix but
    an environment that includes standards based information system
    components like MOTIF,SQL,ULTRIX,VMS [POSIX compliant , of course], and
    other open standards based criteria like X/OPEN branding, SVIDx
    compatability, OSF, etc...
    
    Give a look, I hope these help change the perception of Digital as a
    closed/proprietary system vendor and positions us more as the Open
    System Vendor we must become to succeed in the 90's.
    
    We shall see...
    Brian

    Oh,
    thank heavens for that,
    I thought we'd gone into the trouser zipper market.
    
    Could have been a NASty surprise.

    This is just what this conference needs: A pointless note where people
    like me can write really important things.
    
    Ken
    

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COVERT::COVERT "John R. Covert"                        1 line  11-APR-1991 14:20
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And written from an anonymous account, forbidden by security policies, no less.

>>>    I have always thought that yours was an anonymous account!

>>a promo for a gold tournament, if which case, it definitely doesn't belong
                ^^^^

I think that this is exactly what Digital needs to win to get to number 2.

RE: .15

His isn't an anonymous account, although it is used for Covert activities.

--PSW  :-)

    I saw the NAS advert in last week's "Digital Review".  I don't know
    what else they've got planned, but what I saw was without doubt the
    ugliest print piece I have ever seen.  And we pay people for this?
    
    Re .13 .... I hope Digital never get's in the trousers zipper business.
    I can see it now...we'll be buying pants without zippers as they were
    short-shipped.  They'll also cost 50 bucks, and the customers will have
    to buy a telephone support contract.

>    I saw the NAS advert in last week's "Digital Review".  I don't know
>   what else they've got planned, but what I saw was without doubt the
>    ugliest print piece I have ever seen.  And we pay people for this?

    It may have been ulgy to make you notice.
    
    Steve

    >It may have been ulgy to make you notice.
    
    	Hey, now this is a design principle I can use!
    
    	"The 'differentiator' in my software?  More bugs per
      	 instruction than ANYTHING else in the marketplace today..."
    
    

    Yet, it could be COVERT::JOHN.
    
    Now wouldn't that be a hard one to flush ?
    
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