[openbeos] Re: Re[2]: OpenBeOS in competition with BeOS

Guillaume,

> I full agree with you but it's nothing nore than a dream...

Everything starts with a dream. Ask your parents. ;)

> IF 10000 BeOS are ready to buy you new BeOS 2002 at 50$, you
> will gain if you are lucky 20$ per copy,  then 200 000 $ !!

1) BeOS won't be available for $50. It will offer more and cost
   more. But people will be delighted to pay more.

2) Who said that offering the BeOS is our only source of revenue?
  
3) I "managed" to get over 6000 people paying for an obscure
   browser in 1.5 yrs in Germany alone (all on my own), for $35 a
   pop. Do you think I would even consider getting into this if
   all I get after a year is 10.000 paying customers worldwide?

4) I can tell you exactly why only 4 people paid $5 for Eden, but
   that's another subject altogether.

5) Yes, it will not be cheap to get good developers dedicated to
   the project, but there is plenty of money, goodwill and skills
   out there. All we need right now is certainty, and that can
   only come from Palm. But we can add to that certainty by
   making it compelling enough to Palm to actually "say yes".
   What I'm saying is this: join us now! If Palm says "No", you
   can still pursue your "gratis work in spare time" plans.
   Nothing lost. But if we dilute our efforts before we even have
   that certainty, then we may never get what we want in the
   first place. Sort of a self-fulfilling prophecy. And a catch
   22 too.
   
Helmar

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