[X4U] Eudora upgrades (was Re: X4U Digest, Vol 14, Issue 63

[Ted Burton]

At 9:31 AM -0400 on 10/26/05, Peter Saint James spoke about Re: [X4U] 
Eudora upgrades (was Re: X4U Digest, Vol 14, Issu thusly:

>The point is how are the resources, energy, and attention of the 
>company allocated and directed.   Instead of hiring programers and 
>developers, they hire ad sales people.

It is certainly true that to find companies willing to advertise 
through this medium, they have to have staff. Whether it is sales 
staff  <emphasis on> instead of <emphasis off> programmers is not a 
given.

>Instead of studying how the software works and what the users are 
>doing, they study advertisers.

Again, it is not a given that doing one precludes doing the other.

>Instead of talking about how to make a better app, their talking 
>about how to get more ads.

Once again it is not a given that doing one precludes doing the other.

>Instead of designing the app to work better, they design it show ads better.

Once again it is not a given that doing one precludes doing the other.

>   Instead of the CEO dreaming about software, they dream about ad dollars.

Once again it is not a given that doing one precludes doing the other.

>          Who pays the bills is important.

Getting the bills paid at all is the challenge faced by everyone who 
creates things or sells services.
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