Hello Eric,
I think you did the absolute best job of any of us in explaining this
point.
Thank you for doing so in such a clear and sequential manner.
Friday, October 13, 2000, 8:43:50 AM, you wrote:
> I think we all need to understand that the average, run-of-the-mill
> overnight RSP has nothing to distinguish himself and therefore has no
> real success. The way to be successful in business is to remain unique.
> Right now, there are a number of RSPs who just have the default scripts
> in place and there are some who have put great effort into being
> "special". It now looks like OpenSRS will raise the bar on what makes
> an RSP unique. For those RSPs who do not offer any additional services
> right now, they will gain this ability, but who cares? They will still
> not be unique. They will all look the same and offer the same "value-
> add" features. For those of us who have spent time and money to become
> unique, we must now start looking for alternative ways and invest in
> new services. For some of us, I'm sure, the initial investment still
> hasn't completely paid off, and that's what's pissing many off here.
> To summarize, those who don't currently offer these services really
> have nothing to gain because homogenous RSPs cannot compete, while
> those of us who are unique and stand above the crowd now must make
> another investment in time and money to remain that way. Nobody wins.
> It's a bad idea.
> -Eric
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