Paul's picked his niche in the market; best if he sticks with it. No point
in making the same modules another manufacturer is already making - better
if you can explain exactly how your product is different (and therefore
better) than another. Paul wins by using the highest quality components and
providing the best kits, for people who want those things. .com wins by
making less expensive Moog-styled modules for people who want that. Aiming
at different niches means the total market is bigger and supports more
manufacturers - if both did the same products, one probably wouldn't last.
Marketing weasels even have a word for it ("differentiation" I think).
Don't recall anybody saying you had to like everything about it.
...Craig
-----Original Message-----
From: konkuro [mailto:
konkuro@...]
Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2004 9:22 PM
To:
motm@yahoogroups.comSubject: [motm] Re: ∗∗PRICE INCREASES VERY SOON∗∗
Mike Marsh wrote:
>If you don't like MOTM, but everybody here does,<
∗Sigh.∗ Where did I say I didn't like MOTM? If I didn't like MOTM, I
wouldn't be BUYING it!
There are things about it I don't like (which I named) and there are things
about it I like (which I named).
It is funny how analog owners tend to have digital attitudes. That is, you
are expected to love everything about a certain manufacturer or not to love
everything. Such is not the case with me (ask Roger!).
It is generally my practice to discuss the pros AND cons of the modules out
there.
>do you think Paul is going to change his entire design philosophy
because of that?<
Don't know, though I've been working on him for years. :-)
>Stick with your favorite manufacturer, you'll be happier in the long
run.<
I'm happy now. But I'd still like to incorporate modules from other
manufacturers into my dotcom system, including MOTM (I forgot to
mention my Stooge modules and Encore frequency shifter!)
>This smacks of troll to me.<
My opinions get me in enough trouble without trolling. However, I
meant everything I said in the last post. Except the part about the
Cat o' Nine Patchcords. Perhaps.
johnm
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