At 06:38 PM 03/30/2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Dennis writes:
>.....
> > My competitors probably sell twice as many boards as I do and I'll bet
> that
> > I make more profit than they do. Selling more is not necessarily good.
> > Selling more can be very bad. WHO you sell to and HOW MUCH they pay are
> > more important. Its all about MARGIN. And you lose margin when everyone
> has
> > the same information.
>Gold worlds!
>I think me as customer so I know,
>that my and my family life is as good as all margins are low.
>So I do not buy Intel's products many years
>and newer buy M$ - no matter how good (of bad) M$ products are.
>
>By the way, I manage a lot of purchasing (I am a consultant).
>And I am not alone.
Several grains of sand dont make a beach.
Im sure you dont drive a mercedes either, but Im sure they are doing ok
without y ou. A vendor does not have to sell their product to every person
in the world using that type of product to be successful. In fact M$ got in
a bit of trouble trying to do so. Im not sure why you fellows dont get that.
DB
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