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Subject: Re: To Ed about Century XP

Author: Ed Schröder

Date: 09:29:45 03/07/02

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On March 07, 2002 at 11:55:44, Fernando Villegas wrote:

>Hi Ed:
>You are offering to get righ now century 4 and then receive Xp version when
>ready, for free. That's generous, but, for those of us that cannot run the
>current version anyway, which is the benefice? I mean, what we win if getting at
>an X price a product that will be only useful in may, with the free portion,
>instead of just waiting may to get the useful product at the same x price?
>May I suggest to put another bait for those customer that cannot do nothing with
>your current product?
>By example, to receive at once the beta version of XP. It would have sense for
>me and may others I guess.  Then we would receive later the definitive version.
>This not exclude the actual offer for those that anyway want to get current
>Century. Maybe you could offer two alternatives:
>a) Current package now and XP later, for free.
>b) Beta version now ad XP later, for free.
>Just my cent.
>Fernando


Hi Fernando,

I don't like to release beta versions, beta versions usually contain bugs.

Bugs -> Complaints -> Bad PR


>(Yes, we are never satisfied. What a bunch of sychotic guys we are...)

Definitely :)

Ed



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