DH> Hello Gon�alo! DH> On Sunday, December 5, 2004 at 10:56:54 AM you wrote:
>> :) I my opinion, an annual fee is over-charging. Imagine if this >> gets to M$ and they like the idea... :) DH> 1. MS had the idea long ago but didn't implement it - yet. DH> 2. I still don't think it would be over-charging, but I wrote about it DH> in the past; I won't reiterate. I don't know if I read it or not! But if M$ didn't pursue that idea then it probably was such a good idea at all... Did you ever saw M$ lose an opportunity to get some extra dollar$? :) >> Can't see why... excessive specialization, proven by nature, >> results in an announced death. DH> As always in marketing, 2 experts = 3 opinions (at least). Neither DH> do I see an "excessive" specialisation nor do I find DH> diversification a good idea. It has been done in the past and DH> rarely did a company benefit from it, to the contrary, most of DH> them lost their core competency. But here it's not the case. They already have code an editor, which is excellent, as everybody agrees. Why not use the same code and sell it stand-alone? I can't see how they could lose focus on their core business. They would improve income and at the same time improve their editor. DH> And believe me, Germany's companies do learn it the hard way at DH> the moment, from Hoechst (doesn't exist anymore, and Aventis is in DH> major trouble) through Bayer, Volkswagen (why did a company DH> subscribing to selling "people's cars" go into luxury cars, and DH> why did they not just buy Bentley and Lamborghini but also come up DH> with the Phaeton under their own moniker?), DaimlerChrysler, and DH> many others. Probably by the same motive which is taking Mercedes from luxury cars to city cars (with Class A). DH> "Synergieeffekte" it was called about ten years ago. Bad cost DH> management, loss of competency and image it is called now. Maybe it was too ambitious or they didn't have the 'dough' to carry it out... DH> I'd like small companies sticking to their guns. And RL does a good DH> job at programming e-mail software (not so good in communication, DH> granted). From what I know they also consult. It was just an opinion. They already have some of the stuff... Best regards, Goncalo Farias -- Hey! Those aren't dilithium; they're Folgers crystals! ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.0.2.10 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
