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- From: hwhalen@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca (Hugh Whalen)
- Subject: re: Lee Reiswig speaks!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.123925.26838@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca>
- Sender: Hugh Whalen
- Organization: Faculty of Administration, University of New Brunswick
- References: <dposey.727599220@well.sf.ca.us>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 12:39:25 GMT
- Lines: 47
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- In article <dposey.727599220@well.sf.ca.us> dposey@well.sf.ca.us (David Posey) writes:
- >
- >
- >Lee Reiswig addressed a special meeting of the OS/2 Bay Area Users Group
- >tonight, in conjunction with the OS/2-Windows Conference in San Jose.
- >Approximately 200 people turned up (30 minutes after the show closed) on
- >short notice. Mr. Reiswig recapped his 'Strategy Briefing', given earlier
- >in the day, and answered many questions.
- >
-
- [lots deleted]
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- >
- >6) Advert/marketing budget for '93 is approx $100Million - massive upswing
- > from '92. 'Event' marketing (Fiesta Bowl, etc.) will *not* be the
- > emphasis. Focussed, content-rich print ads should be the norm.
- > The 'OS/2 100' 23-page tear-out section is a good start!
- >
-
- [more deleted]
-
- >
- >8) The 'OS/2 cost $2Billion to develop' strawman is (direct quote follows)
- > 'utter and complete bullsh*t'. [The numbers just don't work out - Mr.
- > Reiswigs annual budget is approx. $400 mil, including many developers
- > not working on OS/2, marketing, etc. Somewhere in the range of $100M
- > to $500M is more likely]
- >
-
- Well, this does make more sense althought I have heard the $2 Billion
- dollar figure first in either the trade rags or business press .... I
- think the latter. And no, I'm sure it didn't come from the net first.
-
- I am impressed by the advertising budget. However, one should note that
- if OS/2 sells 2 million units next year this will be $50 per unit of
- advertising cost alone ..... wow!!! Can anybody make a profit on
- software that retails for what $100 (?) when advertising alone eats up
- this much money?
-
- Oh, very interesting post. Thanks for the information.
-
- Hugh Whalen | Where all men think alike, no one
- Faculty of Administration | thinks very much.
- University of New Brunswick | - Walter Lippmann
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- DISCLAIMER: Neither UNB nor I care what the other thinks.
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