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To: Klaus B. Biggers who wrote (25863)11/20/1997 6:36:00 PM
From: Eqmx  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 33268
 
Klaus, from my old college days I know it's a geometric progression .
Maybe some of our math experts will come up with the formula.
I believe the answer is somewhere in the 128 billions +

Drakes, today I found out that ONE single salesperson at SDS is working on closing a fairly large deal ( 24 ports ) and actively following up on 6 additional clients.
The point of this is that this is ONE salesperson; multiply that effect.
If you take the announced installs being only 24 to 30, how many leads are close to a decision to try? Multiply (salesperson X
5)X(50%success rate)X $50,000 avg. sale. My point is shorts, whoever is looking for next week #'s and categorizing the long term chances of Be There success are like fools standing on the beach making judgments about a hurricane from testing the initial squalls.



To: Klaus B. Biggers who wrote (25863)11/21/1997 12:22:00 AM
From: Tulvio Durand  Respond to of 33268
 
Details! Excellent point, Klaus. but it doesn't change the answer relative to Bill Gates' numbers<g> Tulvio