Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2002 21:12:04 -0700 From: Chester Prudhomme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Oh, the pain...
Raymond wrote: > Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 11:42:12 +0800 > From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIB] Oh, the pain... > > At 08:25 PM 9/06/2002 -0700, you wrote: > >Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2002 23:20:21 EDT > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: [LIB] Oh, the pain... > > > >In a message dated 6/9/02 8:00:14 PM Mountain Daylight Time, > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > > > http://www.exonome.com/fj/yzpl/ > > > > > > > >Yet another example of the inability of the big manufacturers to > > penetrate > > > >the niche markets ;-) > > > > > > You obviously didn't click on the link at the bottom of the page that > > goes > > > to http://www.exonome.com/fj/phkl/ ... Fujitsu have already done it! > > > > > > > > > - Raymond > > > >Surely you're not suggesting that a kitty (shudder) motif is in any way > >equivalent to the way cooler Pokemon motif, which, need I point out, is also > >3-dimensional! I have nephews and nieces who will enthusiastically assert > >(okay, scream) the virtues of Pokemon. Clearly different target markets :^) > > Well Toshiba did do an Adidas version of one of their new Librettos so I'd > guess the only thing stopping them from doing a Pokemon version is > licensing ... your nephews and nieces can live in hope whilst the rest of > us can live in fear ;-) > > - Raymond One of the Adidas Librettos sold on eBay early in the spring - somebody paid a $500 premium just to walk around advertising Adidas emblazoned on their Libretto!! Of course, I'm still trying to figure out why people walk around wearing shirts and pants with Tommy Hilfiger's (or Ralph Laurens for that matter) name all over them....shouldn't the maker be paying the wearer to adverise their wares? OTOH - a Simpsons version of the L110 would have probably opened my wallet! Chester ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
