To: Guaranteed who wrote (5591 ) 9/23/1998 7:03:00 PM From: James P Shaw Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 9798
Actually, I do understand your point. The average software purchaser could care less if their product is from MS or Corel, or Oracle, etc... They just want a product that helps them do what they want to do. The average software purchaser does not 'hate' MS; it would be interesting where you came up with this 'all encompassing classification of software purchasers'. You have a point with your comment about software retailers disliking MS. ...side-track for a moment... However, I wouldn't want to be investing in these software retail companies, as the purchases of software and hardware over the internet grow, they will become Dinosaurs, as one of the larger retail software companies just closed all their 'real' stores and re-jigged their sales to the internet (sorry I can't remember the name of the corp). Software retailers are dead if the 'internet-hype' really takes off as it may do. ... back on topic... My point is that selling NetWinder will not save Corel. That is not a slight at the people that developed the product or the sales people. It is a misguided path that the company is embarking upon it. Notice that O'Reilly (CFO) and Cowpland (CEO) never really make any predictions about sales forecast for NetWinder or tie any hope-strings for the company around this product. They are hyping jBridge and their Internet suite products (they are probably hoping that some minimal sales on the NetWinder product will pay back some of their costs on the 'toy', and help showcase their other products). Will it succeed, I don't know, only time will tell. BTW, Its 'Temmiskaming' not 'Temmiscaming'. Here's a hint 'k' is used more often than 'c'. They are North American Indian based names, with English or french spellings. Ciao!