Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 13:13:39 +0000 From: -- <tyson@stanfordalumni.org> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: re: talk about cd's Message-ID: <38B92303.82951A2F@stanfordalumni.org>
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Lanny, I take your point that a for-profit enterprise needs to sell its wares, not give them away, if it intends to stay in business. Nevertheless, giving away product is a time-tested and (if done well) successful way to build market share by building knowledge about the product and enthusiasm for it among new users and potential users. Why else do grocery stores offer tasting samples? Why do stores offer ``loss leaders?'' As to your .sig line, the days when the phone company could do anything it wanted to do are long gone, if they don't want to lose business to competitors. Look around you. Where I live Bell Atlantic offers free or reduced cost installation and equipment for DSL service and ``free'' caller ID boxes to build business. Those things won't remain free very long, you can be sure, but right now the offers are good for business. Cheers, Don Tyson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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