From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,52a0bacbcdd2da17 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-08-15 05:52:11 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!harp.news.atl.earthlink.net!not-for-mail From: Marin David Condic Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Realtime/embedded project to help with employment. Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 08:51:54 -0400 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Message-ID: <3F3CD76A.2050304@noplace.com> References: <3F367B39.8060108@noplace.com> <1060611604.45048@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <3F38DEBC.8040208@noplace.com> <3F3A33EE.90900@noplace.com> <1060795239.445526@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <3F3B8A82.4030607@noplace.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: d1.a5.03.3c Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server-Date: 15 Aug 2003 12:54:16 GMT User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 (OEM-HPQ-PRS1C03) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:41502 Date: 2003-08-15T12:54:16+00:00 List-Id: And "Clever Marketing Division" is pretty much a textbook definition of "Successful Business Practices" and not one of "Monopoly". ;-) It wasn't handed to them on a platter. They had to do *something* to satisfy the real needs of their customers or they wouldn't have got as big as they are without a government mandate that everyone must use their product. Hence, it is worth looking at what they *did* do to satisfy their customers. Part of it was quite obviously price. They came along with something affordable when other companies were out there trying to sell software at prices that nobody could afford - or refusing to sell stuff at all. (DEC Had VMS and never saw the potential they could have had if they had been willing to sell it for hardware other than their own.) They found the reservation price that made their company successful and others had to follow suit or find themselves dropped on the wayside. Finding that price point is what a "Clever Marketing Department" is supposed to do. MDC Preben Randhol wrote: > > I said. Clever marketing divition. Microsoft started as a cheap Lada > (russian car not noticed for it's quality) of OS and one could buy this > in stead of the expensive Unixes. From there they have done everything > in their power to keep the market in their grasph. They have even > resortet to illegal actions. > > -- ====================================================================== Marin David Condic I work for: http://www.belcan.com/ My project is: http://www.jast.mil/ Send Replies To: m c o n d i c @ a c m . o r g "In general the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to the other." -- Voltaire ======================================================================