Author: Norm Pollock
Date: 15:58:46 09/26/05
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On September 26, 2005 at 18:46:18, Uri Blass wrote: >On September 26, 2005 at 18:14:29, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>On September 26, 2005 at 17:46:28, Roger Brown wrote: >> >>>On September 26, 2005 at 16:47:09, Dann Corbit wrote: >>> >>>>At some point, I think you will have to change your method of protection. >>>>Consider if you sell 100,000 copies some day in total volume. For sure, every 5 >>>>years almost all of those machines will change. Now, imagine handling the email >>>>traffic. >>>> >>>>But while your volume is still low, I think that method will probably work fine. >>>> It won't prevent me from buying a copy. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>Hello Dann, >>> >>>Needless to say, I am sure that they would love to have that problem. >> >>It sounds like a good problem to have, but imagine (if you will 50,000 emails). >>Somebody has to read them. Somebody has to understand them and process those >>requests. Calculate how many that is per year. Think of how many you could >>process in one hour. You will quickly see that the $35 chess engine is costing >>them a few hundred dollars for each one that they sell. Now, the problem is not >>nearly so much fun. > >It is a lot of money but do not forget that it is based on the assumption that >they also sell a lot. > >The main question is how many emails you get from one buyer. > >Even if you get average of 10 emails from one buyer and replying him cost 1$ per >email then you still earned 35$ from selling fruit so it is 25$ per copy. > >Uri Reminds me of this riddle. A businessman sets up a business that only sells cocoanuts. He buys cocoanuts for $5 each and sells them for $3 each. He has no overhead costs. After a couple of years he becomes a millionaire. How is that possible?
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