George & Jim,
Actually it is quite possible for a large multinational company with autonomous business units like Matsushita / Panasonic to be totally clueless. Clueless about customer needs, clueless about market "inflection points" and clueless about making money in a specific sector. Ask Polaroid, Xerox, RCA, NCR, CDC, DEC, Sperry-Rand, Wang, Braniff, PanAm, Kmart, WorldCom / MCI, Global Crossing, etc., etc.. Matsushita is clearly susceptible to cluelessness. Perhaps you forget Matsushita's misadventures with MCA. They never understood the business; it wasn't until Seagram took over the management and renamed it Universal Studios again that it came back to life and made money. Is Panasonic as clueless? The market will speak. I voted with my bucks for a competitor. I subscribe to this group because of a Panasonic I purchased for my home 6 years ago. It's been a great system, and it functions exactly like I want it to. I was a repeat customer, as this was my 2nd Panasonic system. Someday I will want to replace that system. If I can't program it, Panasonic and its dealers won't be on the short list, or even the long list. For us ignorami, we are willing to spend more if a product is a good value. Dealers add value by installing, programming, and maintaining the system. I don't mind purchasing from dealers, and paying them for the installation. But a system that prohibits end user programming is of NO value to me. William -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of George Gleason Sent: Friday, December 24, 2004 11:40 AM To: KX-T Help Subject: Re: Why should the configuration tools be protected? Was: KX-T:Kx-tda200 Speak for yourself, Jim. There's more than one way to make a profit, and not everyone falls into the trap of heading quickly for the lowest common denominator. Some companies do have standards, after all. -George On 24 Dec, 2004, at 7:10 AM, Jim Marks wrote: The one and only point that Panasonic does it their way is for MONEY! Nothing else! If they thought they could maintain even a bad reputation selling to everyone and not lose market share they would do it that way! It has nothing to do with gods, dealers, end users or do it yourselfers! Money, Period. Jim Marks Denville Wiring Systems Panasonic Phones & Voicemail N.J. 973-627-7088 _________________________________________________________________ KX-T Mailing list --- http://kxthelp.com/ Subscription changes: http://kxthelp.com/mailman/listinfo/kxt _________________________________________________________________ KX-T Mailing list --- http://kxthelp.com/ Subscription changes: http://kxthelp.com/mailman/listinfo/kxt _________________________________________________________________ KX-T Mailing list --- http://kxthelp.com/ Subscription changes: http://kxthelp.com/mailman/listinfo/kxt
