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Subject: Re: To Ed about Century XP

Author: Marc van Hal

Date: 12:04:28 03/07/02

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On March 07, 2002 at 12:29:45, Ed Schröder wrote:

>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

Ed gets a nice pass and he scores hehe
Marc



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