Duane Char quoted Steve Main (GW STeve) recently in
comp.os.geos explaining the lack of any "official"
announcement of New Deal Office despite the fact of
it being currently for sale by USI.
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From: duane@Hawaii.Edu (Duane E Char)
Newsgroups: comp.os.geos
Subject: Re: New Deal Announcement???
Date: 15 Oct 1996 02:02:03 GMT
Organization: University of Hawaii
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GW Steve (gwsteve@aol.com) wrote:
: <<<
: I guess I'm confused now.  I am reading about some people that are
  getting copies of NDO shipped to them but I have yet to see any type
: of official announcement....anywhere!  Did I miss something???
: >>>
: You haven't missed anything.
: There has not yet been any official announcement from Geoworks
: nor from New Deal about even the existence of New Deal.
: All mentions of New Deal or New Deal Office that have appeared
: on AOL or in this newsgroup so far have represented the commitment
: of the GeoReps and other users to bring news about Geos or
: Ensemble related topics to you as soon and as quickly as possible.
: New Deal and USI have been working for several weeks now to create
: New Deal Office and have just begun to ship it. There are about 14
: follow-on products in the existing line to design, create, duplicate,
: and bring to market, too, before moving on to brand new products.
: A few of the follow-ons (clip art, fonts, games, etc.) are ready now
: and a few are still being worked on.
: By beginning to ship the new products to those customers who are
: early in-the-know, New Deal and USI are able to check out their
: processes for customer service and fullfillment and make sure
: that they have everything in place prior to the "official" roll-out.
: This is a pretty typical and reasonable approach to a new product
: launch. If you've been following HP's introductions of the OmniGo 100
: and 120, then you've seen a very similar situation. Service
Merchandise : started selling each of the OmniGos several weeks prior
to HP's  : "official" date of announcement or availability.
: Steve
Fair enough Steve.  I certainly was not aware that there has been no
official acknowledgement of New Deal or their products and I wonder if
others were in the same boat that I was.
You included some background and operations data that helps me
understand where they are in the process...I appreciate the update.  I
will continue to be patient (or at least try).
Duane
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