Rev 2.02/New pricing

[Vikram Singh]

So you are ready to live with a less than rapid adoption among the developers  
for a small issue. The first impression is the last impression, in many cases. 
Hope the price list doesnt confuse the movers and shakers of the IT world 
(who's word we all hope will help create new markets for Rev).

It is like going to buy a new sony music system and the store keeper offering 
a 80% discount to permanently stamp his shop's address on the body front. Had 
the price been around 20% less than Studio's price, say, it would have made 
sense to me. Here is a company that is sure of its product, is offering a 
small discount for inserting a page. But such a huge price differential seems 
strange to me, if seen from the eyes of a newbie.

Why dont you revert to the old policy? Show confidence that the product will 
sell at a decent price. Name your price. It is a premium product. So say it. 
It is pretty jazzed up now. And for the 'hobbyist' she/he always has the 
option of the free version. Do 75 dollars 'hobbyists' exist, maybe somewhere. 
Eliminate this option altogether, IMHO. Or eliminate the screen. Or raise the 
price, closer to the Studio price.

Regards

Vikram

>===== Original Message From Geoff Canyon <gcanyon at inspiredlogic.com> =====
>Anyone who doesn't want the exit screen has merely to purchase the
>Studio or Enterprise license, neither of which includes it.
>
>The exit screen is part of the bargain when you get Revolution for
>(currently) $75.
>
>On Friday, July 18, 2003, at 05:32  AM, Vikram Singh wrote:
>
>> What is rev's target market? If Rev is smart, the should be also
>> targeting the
>> open-source types (the really swift ones causing Corporations to lose
>> their
>> sleep). I'll bet my friends in this arena will puke (okay going too
>> far... but
>> you get the idea) if told that apps built by them shall be carrying a
>> colorful
>> parting screen. They want to keep the *Corporation* far far away from
>> their
>> end users. Its just the way their minds are hardwired, maybe.
>>
>> Okay look another way, if you want to target web developers, when was
>> the last
>> time even MS told them to put 'This Active Server Page created on blah
>> blah..
>> Copyright MS' line in their code. It doesnt happen this way in the web
>> services world. There are just useful pages generated by different
>> programs.
>> And optional credits given by smitten developers to the application
>> powering
>> the service.
>>
>> In the coming 6 months, I'd rather see a few articles on Rev in a few
>> top
>> notch websites/magazines that will get new users downloading Rev
>> (along with
>> free professional grade applications on that site) than 10,000 apps
>> carrying
>> colorful logos (and thereby *hoping* to get new users for rev). How
>> many of us
>> remember the last popup ad we ever took seriously. As far as an end
>> user is
>> concerned a popup ad = a parting screen.
>
>regards,
>
>Geoff Canyon
>gcanyon at inspiredlogic.com
>
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