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Presumably, its the 'nobody ever got sacked for buying IBM' line.
Now IBM et al aren't going to spend huge amounts on these ads if they didn't think it was worthwhile. So, what gets me is the implication that company directors will buy IBM, not because they have hard evidence that they are faster/better/cheaper for their business, but because they get a warm safe feeling from ads like these. Doesn't fill me with much confidence.
David Lord
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Sent: 01 May 2001 15:05
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
For all those in the UK - I am sat here wondering what in the world the IBM ads could do in the way of "plugging the hole"?
For US/International: we have had a spate of IBM ads lately on British TV where it shows a board meeting of some sort where they are having a crisis (who's in charge of web servers, whos in charge of desktop support, blah blah endless blah)- then everything focuses on an individual (usually a director) with the comment: "That's when you realise you need IBM!"
Any insight from those all knowing "Oracles" out there?
Mark
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Patrice J
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 12:55
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
If you are taking social psychology as well, maybe you can write a paper to explain why marketing tactics actually work, I never understood that one.
Why is using imagery and imparting moods more effective at selling than facts and a track record?
Once you have finished that paper, please send it to me, because I still don't understand.
e.g. last night on TV there was a Bridgestone commercial, talking about integrity, reliability. It seems obvious to me that their sales have dropped, they did a marketing study and discovered that ooops! People don't trust them anymore. So they concoct an advertisement to present themselves as reliable, to plug a hole so to speak. This is just an example, most of the ads on TV seem to be about plugging holes...
Another example was that MS ad about the system administrator with nothing to do because she was using Windows2000 servers, and therefore had no worries about anything ever going wrong...
The list could go on and on.
And these ads actually work! I just don't get it.
(this is my opinion, not that of my employers, etc. etc., I am responsible for the effect of sharing my honest opinions, blah blah blah)
Patrice Boivin
Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA)
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From: Roy Ferguson [SMTP:rferguso_at_level1.com]
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 6:36 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: RE: Windows vs. UNIX
this information is actually a proposal that I created for a college
course I'm
taking...I have a lot of experience with UNIX and very little with
Windows...that's why I only needed the facts and no opinions...
>
>Roy,
>
>Forgive me my lack of understanding, but if you don't
>know why one would choose Unix over Windows, why are
>you proposing Unix altogether?
>
>Yosi
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Roy Ferguson [mailto:rferguso_at_level1.com]
>> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 2:46 PM
>> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>> Subject: Windows vs. UNIX
>>
>>
>> this is not to bring up a heated debate over the two platforms...
>>
>> I am making a proposal to move the current access 97
>> databases to an oralce
>> platform running solaris.... I would like to put in the
>> proposal a brief reason
>> why a UNIX platform will be better than a Windows platform.
>>
>> the current environment:
>>
>> MS Access 97 databases running on Compaq server. Databases
>> are about 20GB in
>> size...
>>
>> proposed solution:
>>
>> Sun E3500
>> T3 Storage Array
>> Solaris 8
>> Oracle 8i
>>
>> Just need a couple FACTS as to why one would choose UNIX over
>> Windows....
>>
>> Thanks in advance....
>> roy
>>
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