From: "robert buonincontro" <robert.buonincontro@canrem.com>
Subject: blue line software
Reply-To: "robert buonincontro" <robert.buonincontro@canrem.com>
Organization: Canada Remote Systems
Distribution: comp
Date: 24 Jan 93 00:11:11 EST


MG>I posted awhile back regarding CBM marketing and support.  I think I can
MG>finalize the story now :)...

MG>Some time ago I created a presentation on my A3000 for our annual summer
MG>sales/maketing meetings.  Sales Reps and Managers from our domestic and
MG>international offices attend this meeting.  The presentation was for Vital
MG>Signs ESA, our VM/ESA performance monitor.  To make a long story short, I was
MG>awarded a "Gold Medal" award for best presentation.  Our reps came away from
MG>the presentation "blown away".  Many said "This is what WE NEED to sell"! Some
MG>of them thought CBM was out of business!, while the reps from Europe were well
MG>aware of the AMIGA and it's capabilities.  My boss was all excited and ready
MG>to send me off to Europe to give the presentation atu user groups!...

MG>At any rate, I posted of this presentation last fall and news of it reached
MG>CBM.  I was contacted by CBM Marketing  and eventually selected as one of 3
MG>other people to be part of a new Multimedia brochure (Just came back from
MG>printing ... I'll have my copies in a week or so).

MG>Well, I thouht, If this was so succesful at this scale, why not try it again?
MG>Our company regularly attends Expo's and conferences relating to the IBM
MG>mainframe market. I thought "Why not put together a presentation for our booth
MG>at the next expo?".  This would be the perfect opportunity to show off an
MG>A4000 at work in a non CBM environment in front of the very people that read
MG>PC WEEK, Computerworld etc etc... thousands of potential customers.

MG>I called my contact in Marketing and gave her the scoop and asked for an A4000
MG>system and any related hardware and software needed to produce the
MG>presentation.  Well, she said yes and gave me the name of another person that
MG>handles such requests and told me to contact her when ready.  Well, the day
MG>came that I faxed this person and lo and behold 5 MINUTES after I faxed I
MG>received a return phone call and was told "just tell me what you need".

MG>This past Monday the monitor arrived.... Thursday the A4000 (it was
MG>backordered... good sign! they must be selling well) arrived... this week the
MG>software should be here.

MG>Now that is support! We now have the means to produce a great demo and really
MG>show off our product and the A4000! Folks at our business that have seen some
MG>of the HAM8's I have created via my Epson ES300C have been blown away. They
MG>see the obvious difference when compared to VGA/SVGA graphics and so far there
MG>has been ABSOLUTLEY NO FRINGING! (for you MB).  Our marketing/Graphics arts
MG>department is really fired up.....

MG>So, a public THANK YOU to CBM Marketing for this SUPPORT! Hell, we are a
MG>small company compared to CBM... they really don't need us for anything, yet
MG>they have provided a great opportunity for us. BRAVO CBM......

MG>BTW, we will be showing the demo at Enterprise Expo in San Fransisco in early
MG>March..... I don't have the exact dates handy but can post them if anyone is
MG>interested.....

That's great news. Glas to see you had the confidence in using your Amiga for
work. I know a lot of people who use their Amigas for a living and are making
a pretty penny. 
 
It takes confidence in yourself and in your equiptment (Amiga), unfortunatly 
most people believe the words they hear from IBM and Mac users. Your message
is proof that the Amiga is as good if not better then the IBM and Mac 
platforms. Software alone doesn't make for good work. Talent and work are 
also required. Too bad a lot of people don't see it that way.
 
 Funny thing is on the IBM and Mac platforms it's the complete oposite. Users
go out and buy IBM 486 or Mac Quaders thinking that just having the hardware
will allow them to do some professional work. It's only after the purchase that
they realise that it takes talent and work like anythig else.

          robert.buonincontro&canrem.com
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