Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 16:13:27 09/26/05
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On September 26, 2005 at 18:52:28, Paolo Casaschi wrote: > >>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. > >hmmmmm... the problem is linear, more sales more calls/emails... >if you lose money for every sale when you sell a lot you should still lose money >when you sell a litte... I am not sure that it is linear. You may have sales build up with a few calls but have calls start to avalanche. This can be especially true if a new version of the operating systems comes out.
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