The thing is, people bought their earlier products when IBM won in
its battle with NCR. When IBM began to make computers, it was already
well estblished in the business world. Do people mean a product with
good ergonomics or with easy repairs in mind as marketing? That plays
a role, though it has nothing to do with the quality of the product
or its innovativeness.
>> I would be very flattered that you attribute:
>> * 40 years of corporate stability to marketing
>> * extensive manufacturing capability to marketing
>> * cash reserves to sustain development to marketing
>> * vast R+D resources to marketing
>> * world-class documentation to marketing
>> * world-wide customer support to marketing
>> * a simply immense infrastructure ... to marketing!
>
>Do you think they would have any of the above if nobody ever bought any
of
>their products?
>
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Received on Mon Oct 12 1998 - 10:46:26 BST