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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: Why to not buy Matrox Millennium
Date: 10 Apr 1996 06:21:25 GMT
Organization: Artisoft, Inc.
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stephenk@netcom.com (Stephen Knilans) wrote:
] >You are a developer. You represent zero market segment (I can say
] >this; I am also a developer).
]
] If they TRULY believe this, then I ***DARE*** them to remove windows drivers,
] and tell bill gates they won't support his companies products! He IS just a
] developer!
He is not a developer, he is a monopolist. He wields monopolistic
power in the market place -- or rather, his company does... he
represents (possibly) millions of developers, actually.
] >Now if you were a VP at Ingram or Egghead, they would care.
]
] WHY? Egghead and Ingram do NOTHING to generate sales! They are
] market driuen. Their WHOLE job is buying what they THINK the
] customer will, and then selling at a markup! The customer buys
] what they think will best run that "zero market" developers
] software!
I think that most developers are running MS OS's.. but even so,
by your logic, all they have to do is convince Egghead and
Ingram that customers will buy their cards, and Egghead and
Ingram will buy their cards. They could care less if end
users buy their cards.
And you as a developer have to support what the customers *do*
buy, not what they *should* buy if they were in possesion of
all the facts.
Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.