Digital BW, The Print

If you ran a business targeting a particular market segment and the feedback
from customers in that market segment was that your product was a rip-off
then I assure you you would listen or go out of business.  The point with IP
is that they are making money selling a clumsy product (if they are not
making money then they won¹t be making the product for very long).  The fact
that enough people perceive a need for, have few alternatives to or simply
believe the hype surrounding their product and purchase it keeps them in
business.  That does not in any way, however, mean that there will not be
very diverse views as to its quality.

I suspect the ³market opportunity² that IP addresses is really very small as
it does not seem to attract much in the way of competition.  Or perhaps they
are simply a quirky competitor in the hardware calibration segment ­ eg, buy
IP vs Gretag Eye-One.   My bet is that they certainly do not see the
mainstay of their business as the small B&W market segment.


From: Tom Baker <tbaker1328@...>
Reply-To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 13:35:15 -0700 (PDT)
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] When BW printing will stop being Amateur Hour?
 
It's hard to imagine any verndor having a positive response to someone that
rants and raves, and complains about their products bing a 'ripoff'.  That
probably gets one shut out pretty quickly.  As a software devloper, I know
that is my response.
 
Tom Baker




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