Author: Uri Blass
Date: 16:00:28 09/06/05
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On September 06, 2005 at 18:49:19, Dann Corbit wrote: >On September 06, 2005 at 17:54:36, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On September 06, 2005 at 17:46:53, Dann Corbit wrote: >> >>>On September 06, 2005 at 17:38:42, Bernardo Wesler wrote: >>> >>>>....I (according to American Marketing Association estimates)assure they would >>>>sell ten more times than nowadays...... >>> >>>At (therefore) what is probably a considerable loss. >>> >>>Development costs are fixed and are purely a function of headcount. >>> >>>Manufacture and packaging are fairly negligible (pressing a CD is less than 50 >>>cents). >>> >>>Technical support for each engine sold will still be the same, and is probably >>>the broad majority of the cost [as an average]. >> >>If the price is only 10$ then it is logical to give no technical support unless >>the customer pay additional money. > >What commercial product would you buy with no technical support? > >Have you ever brought home a software product and then had trouble getting it to >work? I think that in most cases I do not need technical support. > I have. If it did not offer any technical support, I would try to make >it so that it could not be sold in Washington state, and I would probably >succeed. The idea is not that the product will have no technical support but that people will be able to buy it for cheaper price without technical support and if they later change their mind and want technical support they will need to pay for it. Uri
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