On Friday, May 10, 2002, at 11:28 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I just have to say... I know that RunRev has granted the use of > Revolution in > the Starter Kit, but don't you feel that this is in some way... > stealing? It is not. And I would hate for any Starter Kit users to think so. Runrev has made it clear what Starter Kit user rights are. I can't speak for Runrev, but from where I sit the use of the Starter Kit is very wise marketing. Remember, the business goal is to maximize total profit, not maximize revenue per distributed product. To many people, this Revolution model of programming is very strange. The Starter Kit allows people to try it without the pain of it timing out before they get back to it. Many Starter Kit users become buyers, some in 2 days, some in 2 weeks, some in two months and some in two years. But even those who seriously use the Starter Kit without buying spread the word and promote sales. The Starter Kit promotes a wider market. People can try Revolution in ways that most of us would not have thought of. Starter Kit users contribute to the Revolution community. Naive questions, explorations into relatively unexplored corners, bug reports, help and the like all contribute to Revolution. > Although I'm sure quite ingenious, people are finding ways to > stretch the > limits of Revolution (in ten lines or less) to make > applications... without > any compensation going to the developers of Revolution. Who cares? They pay the price, just in a different way. The important thing from a marketing viewpoint is that every Revolution experience is a happy one. Think back to Economics 101. Multiple pricing is a great way to exploit a market. That not only applies to the 3 layer pricing of Revolution but to other costs a user has. > Why not just pay the > license price? YOU WANT TO PAY THE LICENSE FEE! A company cannot grow > without making money... PERIOD. The more RunRev makes, the better > Revolution > will be. Perhaps someday RunRev will remove the option to use > their software > for free and we can all get back to "REAL" growth! "Making money" and "real" growth come from profits, not any vain whining about per-unit revenues. OK. You paid. (I paid.) Do you resent that? Don't you think you get your moneys worth? What do you care that somebody else didn't? > > Just one guys opinion. Of course. As is mine. Let's agree that folks on this list may have opinions and that they may be contrary to ours. Let's agree to avoid discouraging expression of that. My opinion: Starter Kit users, you are OK!! Runrev, you are crazy as a fox!! Dar Scott Who started out on a Starter Kit _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
