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Re: compliment or insult
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lance Cummings)
Thu Nov 19 19:49:57 1998
From: "Lance Cummings" <lance@tky3.3web.ne.jp>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 09:48:54 +0900
Reply-to: lance@tky3.3web.ne.jp
In-reply-to: <3.0.5.32.19981119121219.007c2e00@mail.abitasprings.com>
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I understand your reluctance to pay the 20 bucks . . . <g> but they are not
really asking you to test the product. They don't want any bug reports,
which are a PITA, I assure you. This is simply high-powered marketing
at its best (worst?). They're going to lean on the numbers 2-0-0-0 as
heavily as they can, and try to get as many people as possible wedded
to the product before it's even officially released. It's a smart idea,
actually. When there is significant lag time between version releases,
there's always a chance for penguins or who knows what to slip in and
grab some market share. But by eliminating lag time completely by
selling the next release's beta immediately, it's easier to retain market
share. Gives the unwashed the feeling that they're actually part of the
team, if you know what I mean. It also, and this is the *real* key, gives
developers a good reason to stay right where they are. (Keeps 'em
busy and off the streets, anyway.) :))
Know your enemy . . .
Lance
On 19 Nov 98, at 12:12, Jeff Williamson wrote:
> I agree--
> what's even worse, they want 20 bucks from me to test their product.
>
> sigh,
> jeff
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