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01-02-2006 05:41 PM |
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Originally Posted by EroticySteve
Bill Gates is a smart man, but I do think that much of the hysteria surrounding the launch was a simple matter of honest supply and demand. I don't think they could have anticipated the demand being what it was. They could have produced more and had the launch not been as successful they'd have been sitting on a surplus which wouldn't be good business. If I were a MSFT shareholder I'd have applauded their launch even more.
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You do know the company is more than Bill Gates right? And they did anticipate the launch being that big, that is why they rushed an unfinished product onto the shelves. The reason you had the limited numbers was because it was a world launch not a north american only launch. Asia and europe usually get a system, cell phone or vehicle first then it gets launched in america shortly after on the next production run.
We will see what happens with all the crashing systems, that is the reason you see so many of them sitting on the shelves now, consumers are being warned that the system is faulty and they are assuming there will be a recall or at least waiting for word that they have fixed the crash on boot issues that are being reported.
As far as paying a inflated price because we make a lot of money..... speak for yourself. I don't care how much money I make, smart purchases are smart purchases, knowing that I can is enough, I do not have to go make inflated purchases to prove it, that is a "new money" thing. the rich get richer by spending money on strategic purchases and building residual income, purchases and investment with future return.
The rich live how the poor should and the poor live how they thinnk the rich do :2 cents:
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