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Maybe you didnt get anything because...you have already been assimilated. You are now Borg. ;o) --- Chuck Lewis <chuck.lewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The company I work for advertised the giveaway of a > brand new Harley at a > trade show last year and did indeed give it away, no > strings attached ! > > And hey, we are a Quadrant user and I didn't get > ANYTHING from them ! (?) > > Chuck > > -----Original Message----- > From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf > Of rob@xxxxxxxxx > Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 10:28 AM > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion > Subject: Re: COMMON Update... - the Porsche > give-away? > > Anyone remember how the other vendors were upset > when IBM gave away a car > at LotusSphere years ago at their AS/400 booth? > Crowds packed around the > booth. The lines literally cut off access to the > other hardware vendor > booths. Grievances filed from these other vendors, > etc. (But at least > they did give the car away.) The advertising at > LotusSphere, airports, > etc at that time was intense for the AS/400. They > sold AS/400's to run > Domino like hotcakes. Local IBM sales rep (remember > them?) said that he > was walking into accounts that he didn't even know > had AS/400's because > Domino was pushing iron so fast. > > Lotus Notes advertising was so intense that my > teenage daughter was > literally awestruck that I used Notes. > > Rob > > -- > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion > (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list > To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: > http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Before posting, please take a moment to review the > archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. > >
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