Author: KarinsDad
Date: 13:11:05 08/25/99
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On August 25, 1999 at 15:00:22, Pete Galati wrote: [snip] > >I have no idea at all why CM has not added auto232. I think that there's all >sorts of freeware even that does that. I may be mistaken but I seem to recall >that the very cool Bringer program and the also cool Inmichess Dos interface >both can both use auto232. I don't have a way to check the operability of >auto232 in those programs but I think it's there. > >Pete Probably a simple reason: market share. Us computer chess nerds are a small percentage of the CM6000 market whereas we are a big share of the Fritz and Hiarcs, etc. market. If you had a best seller program (CM6000) which was sufficient for 95% of your customer base, there is no great need to add a feature that is desired by 5% of your customer base. Additionally (and this is a point that many people probably have not considered), if you add Auto232 to CM6000, then your 95% customer base may question why you did that. They will then find out that there is a Fritz and a Hirarcs market out there and they may decide to purchase Fritz64+ next time instead of purchasing CM7000. Let's not advertise the existence our competitor's products is a good marketing strategy. KarinsDad :)
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