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From: stephenk@netcom.com (Stephen Knilans)
Subject: Re: Why to not buy Matrox Millennium
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Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 14:30:08 GMT
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In article <4kfk15$dgs@coyote.Artisoft.COM> Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> writes:
>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.

He is STILL a developer!  

>
>] >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.

RIGHT! 

>
>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.
>

RIGHT!

It IS hard to support cards that are made by someone like Matrox though!