Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 05:02:11 06/02/04
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On June 02, 2004 at 00:05:38, Albert Silver wrote: > Which program do people want to >>>>buy today - it is Shredder. >>> >>>I am guessing that there are at least 1000 sales of ChessMaster for every sale >>>of Shredder. >>> >>>You can't even buy Shredder where I live in Federal Way, WA (population 90,000). >>> You would have to order online or go to Seattle to buy it. >> >>ChessMaster (on the other hand) can be purchased from Fred Meyers, BestBuy, Toys >>R Us, CompUSA, WalMart (and several others, I am very sure). >> > >True, but they only buy it because they can't find Shredder. It's like academic >theses and Reader's Digest. People only buy Reader's Digest because the >newsstands don't carry the academic theses. Sorry if I'm preaching something you >already knew. No argument there. I was just trying to dispell the myth that if you build a better mousetrap, people will beat a path to your door. Having shelf space is more important than having the better product. Still, CM is a good product or they would not have millions of sales.
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