Saved Altair 4K BASIC

From: John Foust <jfoust_at_threedee.com>
Date: Wed Nov 11 13:07:33 1998

At 06:08 PM 11/11/98 +1, Hans Franke wrote:
>
>Shure, you never get 100% sales, but with a lower price,
>the number of people buying will increase. Not only from
>people not pirating, but also a lot among people who wouldn't
>had the chance to copy and didn't buy because of the price.

There is a point at which a lower price has a negative
effect on sales. People don't take it seriously. As Allison
pointed out, there were cheaper BASICs available. Why did
anyone want Microsoft's?

I'm sure Bill was smart enough to realize that gaining
1,000 customers at $50 leads to quite different administrative
and tech support requirements than 100 customers at $500 each.
And who knows how many copies were sold?

- John
Received on Wed Nov 11 1998 - 13:07:33 GMT