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Subject: Re: What is the upper limit for SSDF rating scale?

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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