#The Screamer
Thank you for your input and encouragement. You addressed three
important issues in your reply:
1. Sell direct to save the users money
2. Sell an expandable, upgradeable system configuration
3. Is the Soft-Screamer useful without a Toaster?
I think I've got them. Here's my thoughts:
1. We want to save you money but we don't want to discount the value
of the many good resellers who provide great support and services to
their customers. We think that maybe, if we can give the resellers a
way of making good margins by providing them with systems that they
can configure some portion of, where they don't have to pay us for
things they can get themselves in the open market at close to the
same costs we pay for them, then the reseller is not just brokering
the product with little or no value-add, but is actually adding value
at around our costs and can thereby make money without burdening the
product's ultimate retail price. Make sense? I'd love to hear more
on this debate from others as well as any additional thoughts you may
have.
2. The initial configurations will have the ability to farm just as
you do with Toasters now. Beyond that we are considering rack-mount
systems that can hold scores of processors depending on your
appetite, and pocket-book. This is all very new just now and what we
do down stream will depend greatly on the inputs we receive from
people like you. We are also trying to work closely with Newtek to
insure that we keep them and their customers aware of what we're
doing. Newtek has invited us to be in their NAB booth and if you can,
please stop by to chat.
3. The answer to this one is really in the Newtek domain. From what
I gather through our many conversation with Newtek this week and
last, Newtek will be offering site-licensing and other options not
historically in their business model. But, you should ask them this
question.
Please feel free to keep this thread going. The more discussion we
have the better prepared we will be at serving your needs.