RE: OO benefits? (was Re: Fast400 Value to iSeries community is less than zero )

Tom,

Another OUTSTANDING point.

I'm sure that's it, plus I'm guessing almost all ISVs have ceded the low-end
to OSS developers anyway.  How can you compete when "free" is the low-end
price...?  Makes the REAL high end look especially attractive...

I've recently posted my opinion, on ZDNet, of OSS primarily being made up of
amateurs (http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2823588,00.html).
(Was thinking about posting this earlier, in case people felt like doing
some good-ole M$ bashing over in the PC universe...)  Anyhoo, OSS will be
starting to kill the competition in iSeries before too long.  So I
understand the problem trying to come up with a low-tech solution and
low-ball price, in app development tools.  My only hope is that maybe an
i-centric solution (as opposed to producing app tools that fit any and all
platforms) may be worth a few pennies...

Appreciate the comments, as always...

jt

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
> [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of thomas@inorbit.com
> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 12:09 AM
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: OO benefits? (was Re: Fast400 Value to iSeries community is
> less than zero )
>
>
> jt:
>
> On Wed, 14 November 2001, "jt" wrote:
>
> >
> > I would add:  the question probably hinges on what EXACTLY *IS*
> possible.
> > The theory being the inverse of my previous argument.  If
> "affordable and as
> > easy as green-screen was possible", it would already exist.
> >
> > If you buy my argument that LANSA, MRC, BCD, Cool, Seagull,
> Jacada, (yada,
> > yada, yada...;-) DON'T exhibit these qualities and/or are NOT
> > "affordable" --> it must not be possible.  If it was possible,
> then these
> > ISVs would be marketing it already.  (OR they just don't see a
> market where
> > I see one, but that's pretty hard to believe.)
>
> There is at least a third possibility: Simply that vendors feel
> profits are better at higher price points. As long as the market
> allows selling one item for $1000, there's good reason to think
> you'll make more profit than if you sold 1000 of them at $1. Only
> when the market refuses to pay the $1000, is it worth it to the
> seller to lower the price.
>
> That is, just because it isn't done isn't sufficient to rule it
> impossible.
>
> Tom Liotta
>
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