On Monday, September 23, 2002, at 05:09 PM, Dan Knight wrote:
> I, too, am an Apple shareholder, but I think I need to remind Kenneth > Stevens that Apple is one of very few computer companies that is > profitable these days. From my perspective, .mac smacks of desperation. > > As an Apple stockholder and mac.com email user, I wish Apple had given > the two million plus iTools users a $10/year email only option. At that > price I and maybe 500,000 others would stick with it, adding $5 million > more to Apple's bottom line and creating good will -- Apple, a company > that listens. Dan: It is not always possible to do a cost/benefit analysis on how we spend our money. 15 months ago I responded to an appeal from you to keep Low End Mac going, and I am happy I did. Still, it would be hard to equate the $25 I sent with any direct benefit or if I could have gotten the same information elsewhere at a better price. I thought, and continue to think, that keeping certain services going is in the benefit of the Mac community. Pricing a product is a tricky process, I have no idea on what Apple's costs are so I wouldn't know where to start. The mistake may have been in offering the services for free in the first place. By doing so, they established the perceived value at $0. Clearly "The Mac Show Live" priced their product too high, and disappeared as a result. Yes, I sent money to them also, before I knew Shawn King was leaving the show. Hoping we can disagree and remain friends. Ken -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
