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#Winimages

    07-Jan-95 01:07:32
Sb: #2918-#Winimages
Fm: Ben Williams 74774,3106
To: Mike Brennan 72627,2274
> If I buy your 3.xx version, what is the upgrade cost to the NT version. Will I end up buying two > packages instead of one, or just feeling that I've bought two. Remember, perception is all > important. Ask Intel! The upgrade is $125, I think. So it's a very good way to go about it, actually. You end up with both programs, and the cost is considerably less that way. Should have thought of that before. 🙂 > I understand the problem you face with pricing. Adobe, et. al. can average their development > costs through their entire product line. While you – at least in the PC market, are working from a > single product base with two version types – 3 variations of one type as well!, and Windows 9x to > come on top of all this. Also, I think your nearest competitor, ER, isn't full NT, just 32s libraries? If > I'm correct in that, then there is reason to have a separate pricing strategy, as you offer a > different product then they do. We have all _kinds_ of stuff in WinImages to work with the multiple processor capabilities in NT. That's the main difference between it and the 32 bit Windows version. As for the pricing strategy, there's no comparable Alpha or MIPS product, the way there is for Intel. Those things truly stand on their own. ============= > For the $49 competitive upgrade what are the competing packages. Is Photoshop one of them as > you had mentioned it in your message? Is it still available? It's still available, BUT, right now there is a program we are running called "Direct Access". Call us at (800) 852-6442 and you can get WinImages (Windows 3.1) Release 3 for $49.95 without any proof of anything. I don't know how long we'll keep that up, it's very much an experiment – but it is available now. To answer your question, yes, PhotoShop is qualified for the upgrade, even though it's somewhat tangental to WinImages… > What are the proof of ownership requirements. Fax a page in, is all. > Can we upgrade to the NT version from 3.xx? How much does it cost? $125 > What about windows 9x when it arrives. We'll support it quite fast. Heck, if we supported NT on Alphas and MIPS (and PowerPCs!), we can support something with a broader market share, eh? Ben Williams