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MONALISA DRIVERS

    07-Mar-93 09:20:45
Sb: #36493-MONALISA DRIVERS
Fm: Dan O'Leary 73140,1211
<< They can't risk getting their dealers upset with them by going direct. Hercules has set up a pretty good authorized dealer network, and all the time and money they spent on it would be thrown out the window by going direct… And on a trade-in, they wouldn't make enough money to justify it. >> Ahh. Oh yes, that makes sense. I guess the software and hardware markets are pretty different critters. Aldus, while alienating dealers with a direct-only upgrade path, at least can make some money at it because they expect future upgrades. Not so with Herc. DannO