APPLEVISION Monitor - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

2 May 2002

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  -----Original Message-----
 From: Chris [mailto:mythtech@mac.com] 
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  If BMW doesn't suit your fancy as an example,
replace it with 
 any small 
 market share high priced vehicle. Like maybe the Lotus, or 
 Lambrogini, or 
 Ferrari.... or for more mainstream, the Jaguar. People aren't buying 
 these cars because they need them, they are buying them 
 because they WANT 
 them. 
I think BMW is a good metaphor for a Mac -- it leaves nicer cars
for the nicer workstations ;)  Though, SGI isn't exactly what it
used to be -- maybe they just had some "bad years," the Octane2 
shows some promise.

...
  bought out of desire, NOT out of neccessity. Once you
have an 
 audience 
 that buys from desire, you can safely raise your prices to 
 the highest 
 point that audience will bear. 
They'll like it better, of course, if you don't.

In the computer sense, people who know what they're doing will just
go buy an old Cobra, or that Lamborghini that's setting out in the
dumpster for some reason ;)

Chris

Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL

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