Aren't you forgetting what the job of the marketing and other managers is at Microsoft (or any other company, for that matter)? It is not to make software. It is to make money for the shareholders - that is the only job any manager, or any employee, has.
By packaging the products this way, they are able to follow the demand curve down through the various pricing points to maximize revenue. This is very standard marketing practice, and if they were not doing it they would be (and should be) fired. If you chose to be an early adopter, then expect to pay the price. If you don't like it, in the real world, you've got two choices: a) don't be an early adopter, b) learn how to make more money (and this specifically does not mean get a better job - a job will never make you money). -- Eric Hildum > From: Bob Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2003 08:43:42 -0800 > To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [ANN] Macworld & Entourage > > On 01/09/03 01:48, "Michael Bryan Bell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> Ya milked the early adopters by not allowing them to get the 1 product they >> may have wanted out of the suite for a decent price. > > Pretty strong words don't you think? Early adapters probably did not feel > "milked" or they would not have adopted MS Office - Plus, most adopters were > upgraders so the cost was substantially less than outright new purchase. > -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
