Another suggestion for next release

[Agents]

I beg to differ -- instead of focusing on selling copies of PMMail to people who are new users, B&I should emphasize current 
users.   An example would be an annual maintenance fee whereby you would automatically get all updates during a year, 
more frequent updates offering new benefits to users etc.  Focusing on new customers means converting new users, a 
lengthy and mostly unsuccesful process, emphasizng current customers means you are working with customers who are 
already using PMMail, know its features and benefits etc.and thereore it is a shorter process.

Hakan

On Thu, 30 Sep 1999 13:27:32 -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:

>Thursday, September 30, 1999, 11:25:07 AM, Alexander wrote:
>>> A year or so ago the issue of a linux version of PMMAIL was broached but
>>> Bob and Ike dismissed it because they felt the linux community is too
>>> accustomed to getting things for free and porting PMMAIL would never pay
>>> for itself.  
>> As I said then, I'd pay.
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>    It also has been pointed out that PMMail isn't paying enough for B&I to
>not do other things.  Sure, you'd pay, but, no slight intended, you don't
>count.  Neither do I.  We already use PMMail.  They need to capture people who
>otherwise haven't used PMMail, lots of them, to make it pay.
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>>> I think enough has changed inthe last year and the existence of more and
>>> more commercial packages for linux has demonstrated that developing for
>>> linux *CAN* pay the bills.
>> YES.
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>    No.  The existence of more and more commercial packages for linux has
>demonstrated that the commercial entities are looking into viable options
>outside of Windows.  I do not think that any of them have yet to turn a
>substantial profit.  They *think* it will.  They're betting it will.  It has
>not been demonstrated that it will.
>
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