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Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 17:59:17 -0500 (CDT)
From: Jay Nelson <jdn@acp.qiv.com>
To: Malartre <malartre@aei.ca>
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Subject: Re: Demo CDs (was: blessing)
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On Wed, 29 Apr 1998, Malartre wrote:

[snip]
>FreeBSD will never be for normal user who only want a good
>MS-Words-like-apps.  Win95 do the jobs.  Your main target should be:

I agree. I believe the appeal should be to corporate IS. 

>4:  *Maybe* WinNT user

However, a version prerolled with Samba and billed as "...already a
better NT than NT" may get some attention.

>*PS: find some student in marketing!!!  Use universities*

It's hard to appeal to pros by using rookies.

-- Jay


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