The cost of getting a new customer is much higher than the cost of servicing a repeat customer. For example, in the cellular industry, the last number I saw was $400 to get a new customer (in the US). So, at $39.99/month or less, it's at least 10 months or longer before you even see a dime of profit, not to mention the cost of supporting that customer that first year. And if they leave, you end up with nothing.
John > -----Original Message----- > From: neal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 4:42 PM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: RE: RewriteRules and Standalone Tomcat > > > What you're talking about is repeat business .. I'm talking > about getting > the introductions in the first place. Well, aside from the > discussion of > the importance of SEs in a business model, I think most would > agree it is a > commonly used tool - independent of ideals. > > I'm going to look more into Apache and I will also take a > look at the patch > that apparently exists for working around the 302 that > someone else wrote. > Thanks for the tips. > > As for the future of Tomcat in this regard, I personally > would love to see > the 302 thing go away. It will be interesting to see which > direction is > taken. > > Thanks. > Neal -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
