Author: Pete Galati
Date: 14:38:27 08/25/99
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On August 25, 1999 at 16:11:05, KarinsDad wrote: >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 :) Yep, Werner's Dos InmiChess kicks CM's but in the Chess nerd department, you can't seem to sell a copy on Ebay though :-) Pete
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