>>>Perhaps, long-term, the goal is to have bases in Germany, UK, Italy >>>etc. Maybe France is just a stepping stone...? >> >>That is first comment that has made sense. > >Not really, it will never be commercially viable to market RB from 6 >HQ's in Europe. (RS would have to offer many consumer software >titles for that, not just RB.) > >>I doubt that RS has the resource to simply open 6 offices in Europe >>simultaneously; they have to start someplace. > >And they made a bad start in my book unless the people they're >working with are very multilingual and multi-cultural, but the odds >for this are low in France.
I'm actually looking forward to RS' expansion into Europe and Asia, and I think the concept of opening their own offices instead of using distributors is a *very* good sign for us all, maybe especially for us located outside US. I won't go into the debate regarding the pros and cons of NovaInt and/or the location of the (first) European office of RS - but I think RS' recruitment of 4Ds former International Sales Director Pierre Groleau also is a very good sign. -- ************************************************************* Christer Olsson PO Box 9160 Phone +46 40 25 85 85 Ljusa Idéer AB SE-200 39 Malmo Fax +46 40 25 85 89 Kantyxegatan 5 Sweden http://www.ljusaideer.se _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
