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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.voicenet.com!news2.noc.netcom.net!noc.netcom.net!ixnews1.ix.netcom.com!ix.netcom.com!news From: lirpa1@ix.netcom.com(Lirpa1) Newsgroups: alt.fan.bill-gates,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,alt.org.team-os2,alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Is Microsoft's Internet plan more about its love of power than about users? Date: 10 May 1996 21:48:16 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 28 Message-ID: <4n0dj0$f01@dfw-ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> References: <4mlpnf$d4p@sidhe.memra.com> <4mqq8o$6js@news.aros.net> <4mrg49$pok@dfw-ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> <4mtqg2$kr0@kf8nh.apk.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ala-ca17-21.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Fri May 10 4:48:16 PM CDT 1996 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.fan.bill-gates:22129 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc:105596 comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc:136597 comp.os.os2.advocacy:201044 comp.sys.mac.advocacy:105460 comp.os.linux.advocacy:48907 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:19143 Talking about suckers. There was a consumer survey a few months ago. The survey says that about 15-20 percent of Americans have either bought something they don't need through telemarketing or been fooled into giving out their credit card number over the phone because they were told that they won something. Hence 15-20% of Americans may be suckers. What does that tell us about the marketing abilities of those companies that can't get more than a 15% market share? Perhaps the best way to increase market share is to call up little old ladies and convince them that they need a computer! :) In <4mtqg2$kr0@kf8nh.apk.net> bsa@kf8nh.apk.net (Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH) writes: > >Also sprach lirpa1@ix.netcom.com(Loof Lirpa) (<4mrg49$pok@dfw-ixnews5.ix.netcom.com>): >+----- >| lot of dumb consumers and IS managers in this country. Did anybody >| ever said that one would never lose money by underestimating the >| intelligence of one's customers? :) >+--->8 > >Billy Boy is the P.T. Barnum of the (19)90s. This is news? >-- >++brandon s. allbery from home in parma, oh bsa@kf8nh.apk.net >(work address) bsa@telotech.com