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To: mauser96 who wrote (8522)	6/20/2000 4:45:00 PM
From: Bosco	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9068

Hi Lucius, would you plz elaborate why CTXS may not be of MIS [or IT, but I like MIS, since that is the acronym of my generation :)]? I don't think you are cynical, if it is the case. Human nature is reality. But I simply don't know enough if it is case w/o an explanation. TIA best, Bosco

To: mauser96 who wrote (8522)	6/21/2000 12:12:00 AM
From: Mahatmabenfoo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9068

> If you were a MIS for a big company, close to retirement, with a big salary and a large fear of failure< That probably describes very few MIS people -- it's still a very young world for a job description that barely existed 15 years ago. >what would you do?< Simple: drugs. Allow free installations of CTXS on a limited number of seats. Provide enormous free support. Show the people who will benefit from boasting that they created savings how good you can make them look. Lots of executives get approval from the number of people they can fire. Excuse me, downsize. Then if CTXS is as good as it claims, the customer will be hooked. Then the trial license expires and won't be renewed -- not for free. Time to pay up baby -- This approach is quadrupally obvious when a competitor exists. If a customer starts with SCOC, they're likely to stay with SCOC. But if they start with CTXS.... Throw a party, hire dancing girls, make a low margin low price low feature "CTXS light". Give it away promiscuously in time-expiring versions -- more often than AOL. Put 'em in cornflakes. Secret decoder rings and free cupcakes -- anything to get in the door. Easy. - Charles