[X-Newbies] Re: having trouble open a pdf attachment...

[Richard Ramsowr]

Vincent

Vincent

This is going to be a little off topic but here's a
good example of Òmarketing considerationsÓ. I design
and sell fire alarm equipment to the trade - there are
a number of fire alarm panel on the market that look
and feel the same and there all produced by a single
manufacturer - but to make each function just a little
differently thus protecting different markets - the
manufacturer changes the software in each which build
limitation into the different panels - thus one panel
ends up severing the needs of small business while the
second panel better servers the needs of both small
business and the middle market! The manufacturer is
able to protect the different markets while spreading
the cost one design over a number of markets - and
their are countless examples of such.

thefireguy
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--- Vincent Cayenne <vcayenne at mac.com> wrote:

> At 4:00 PM -0500 12/15/05, J wrote:
> >Why do you suppose there is no place to set these
> prefs?
> 
> There are many options that a system or software
> designer might elect 
> not to present to the general user (or at all).
> Reasons may be to 
> preserve the consistency of interface, to ease
> support, to avoid 
> liabilities, to comply with marketing
> considerations, and so on.
> 
> There are many examples of hidden or obscure options
> - the speed of 
> pane slide, dual double scroll arrows, screenshot
> format, etc.
> -- 
> 'tis as said. [Reality is defined by being
> described]
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