Author: r.c. richards
Date: 07:50:37 11/10/00
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On November 10, 2000 at 09:14:57, Robert Pawlak wrote: >First of all, you're right, I never went to business school. I've got a Ph.D. in >electrical engineering. > >> >>Chessmaster sells more than anything else and Chessmaster is cheaper than >>anything else. And there is a relationship between sales volume and >>price--there is always a relationship between sales volume and price. >> > >Try and go into your local Best Buys, and purchase a copy of Fritz, Rebel or >Shredder. You will not find any of these programs on the shelf. So without >distribution and availability, price means nothing. So price can certainly be >placed on the list of factors, no argument there. But it goes below >distribution/availability. Fritz and Rebel are just as available as Chessmaster on the internet, but I'd bet that internet sales of Chessmaster top Fritz and Rebel, and this is partly because of price. Fritz and Rebel are no more available than Shredder, but I'd bet that Fritz and Rebel sell more, because of price. >But this is beating a dead horse - this has all been discussed before. > >>I know you never went to business school because you didn't mention price as a >>factor, and that's always a factor except for those with unlimited means, and >>there are no such people. > >Excuse me, did you say I never went to business school? I must have missed that >one the first time. > >And frankly, there are people with _nearly_ unlimited means. Bill Gates could >buy and sell this whole business. Most all of Bill Gates' assets are in stock. He'd have to sell a lot of the stock to buy much of anything. And during a week, he probably goes through less cash than a lot of people in this forum. >>For all I know, Stefan might be the most giftest professional chess programmer >>in this world. But I think I can be fairly sure he's the brokest professional >>chess programmer. > >Have you been to grammar school? Bad call. I got a master's in English. RC
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