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From: Christopher Smith <csmith_at_amdocs.com>
Date: Thu May 2 09:31:04 2002

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris [mailto:mythtech_at_mac.com]

> If BMW doesn't suit your fancy as an example, replace it with
> any small
> market share high priced vehicle. Like maybe the Lotus, or
> Lambrogini, or
> Ferrari.... or for more mainstream, the Jaguar. People aren't buying
> these cars because they need them, they are buying them
> because they WANT
> them.

I think BMW is a good metaphor for a Mac -- it leaves nicer cars
for the nicer workstations ;) Though, SGI isn't exactly what it
used to be -- maybe they just had some "bad years," the Octane2
shows some promise.

> bought out of desire, NOT out of neccessity. Once you have an
> audience
> that buys from desire, you can safely raise your prices to
> the highest
> point that audience will bear.

They'll like it better, of course, if you don't.

In the computer sense, people who know what they're doing will just
go buy an old Cobra, or that Lamborghini that's setting out in the
dumpster for some reason ;)

Chris


Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL

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print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n");
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Received on Thu May 02 2002 - 09:31:04 BST