Marketing (was Re: Columbus analogy (Was: Corrections to trivia

From: Doug Yowza <yowza_at_yowza.com>
Date: Mon Oct 12 00:43:12 1998

On Sun, 11 Oct 1998, Sam Ismail wrote:

> On Mon, 12 Oct 1998, Doug Yowza wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 11 Oct 1998, Sam Ismail wrote:
> >
> > > Do you think they would have any of the above if nobody ever bought any of
> > > their products?
> >
> > Do you think you could come up with a more circular argument? :-)
>
> Sure, call it a "circular argument" because you've backed yourself into a
> corner. ;)~

[Can't let him get the last word....]

OK, you're right. I concede your point. IBM was built into a
multi-billion dollar international company because of their bookkeepers,
without whom none of the checks would have been deposited into the bank,
none of the employees would have been paid, none of the materials would
have been acquired ... in short, bookkeepers are responsible for 50%
(conservative estimate) of any successful business.

-- Doug
Received on Mon Oct 12 1998 - 00:43:12 BST