Hello Allie, On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 21:10:27 -0500 GMT (24/12/2004, 09:10 +0700 GMT), Allie Martin wrote:
>> It's a marketing technique. [...] Gmail doesn't need to advertise, >> you do it all for them. AM> Hmmm. You seem to be unto something there. I can certainly see that AM> working very well as it seems to have. As I said, marketing and psychology are close friends these days. AM> There's this rave about searching mail. It's part of the technique. You have to have a Unique Selling Point (USP), through whcih you can be distinguished from the competitors. This feature (in case of software) will be pushed to be the conscious reason that people say (and believe) they use the product/service for. It's important that the consumers have a rational reply when asked why they bought/use that product/service. Even if they bought it for emotional reasons. AM> Anyway, YMMV, so who am I to say? Mileages vary, and it is important that communication between the different mileage...ers is upheld. -- Cheers, Thomas. Man: Is this seat empty? Woman: Yes, and this one will be if you sit down. Message reply created with The Bat! 3.0.2.4 Rush under Chinese Windows 98 4.10 Build 2222 A ________________________________________________ Current version is 3.0.1.33 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html

