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- From: smb@research.att.com (Steven Bellovin)
- Subject: Re: NYW bashing; was 'HOMETIME'
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.225142.24700@ulysses.att.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 22:51:42 GMT
- References: <1993Jan26.195845.10748@cbfsb.cb.att.com> <57752@olivea.atc.olivetti.com> <1993Jan27.164627.21382@informix.com>
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- In article <1993Jan27.164627.21382@informix.com>, davek@informix.com (David Kosenko) writes:
- > They are getting hoodwinked, then. Norm always plops a strip of red tape
- > over the manufacturer name (check it out on a closeup). Of course, all us
- > tool junkies know the brands by the color of the casings ;-).
-
- Right, and that includes the stores. A while back, I went into a local
- tool store to buy a PC random-orbit sander. They were out of stock,
- because, as I was told, ``every time our friend on TV uses some tool,
- we sell out the next week''...
-
- I'd say the manufacturers are getting their moneys' worth.
-