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Number of Comments: 181
Number of Words: 34,596
First Comment: 26 Nov 2002
Final Comment: 05 Jun 2004

Number of Topics Posted: 5
First Topic: 05 Aug 2003
Latest Topic: 22 Sep 2003
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05 Jun 2004   Kiwis and Kiwi Fruit....   Actually, the Kiwi appellation is a marketing triu....   >>  
22 May 2004   French Words/express....   +++I like to have sex with animals! Arrrgh! +++ ....   >>  
      +++I'm currently reading Rick Chapman's in Search ....   >>  
11 May 2004   Wanted: Article why ....   +++Monopoly Monopolistic Practices and lastly, M....   >>  
04 May 2004   MS offers Visual Bas....   AKA ODD LOT (NY) AKA BIG LOTS (CA) ODD LOT & ....   >>  
      +++What do you mean Local Job Lot?+++ A chain o....   >>  
      We all know Rick lives in his own little world - J....   >>  
03 May 2004      For those of you in the northeast, head over to yo....   >>  
25 Apr 2004   Professional Courtes....   +++I feel that you acted in an unprofessional way,....   >>  
23 Apr 2004   Product Marketing Ha....   +++Really? It seems to me at least 2 people mentio....   >>  
      +++I don't know much about marketing or sales, but....   >>  
22 Apr 2004   freeware->sharewa....   +++Rick, How come your book isn't available on ....   >>  
      Some discussions on this topic just appeared here:....   >>  
   Product Marketing Ha....   +++By the way, Rick, you don't have to answer *eve....   >>  
      +++Except those of us that did+++ Congratulatio....   >>  
      +++Boy, do you know your audience? +++ Yes. Th....   >>  
      I also bought the book based on Joel's recommendat....   >>  
      +++Respond to current and potential buyers' concer....   >>  
      +++Sad. Fix what's broken first. +++ Oh, please....   >>  
      +++Better yet, how about a PDF version of the book....   >>  
      +++What does that mean? Does that mean that the v....   >>  
      'I'm a bit upset ' Rick, Does any part of yo....   >>  
21 Apr 2004      As the author, I can answer that question. The ....   >>  
   Rick Chapman excerpt....   +++Rick, I think that you are getting the sharewar....   >>  
20 Apr 2004      +++I thought the difference between shareware and ....   >>  
      +++Do you think making video game for HandHelds (P....   >>  
      +++Rick, did you do the web design for aegis resou....   >>  
      +++I thought 'Try before you buy' method is based ....   >>  
      Sorry. 'Try before you buy.' There's a glossary....   >>  
      +++I'm looking for tips & advice for successfully ....   >>  
      +++However, from the excerpts on the web site (I h....   >>  
      +++I have read all the excerpts and found the book....   >>  
22 Feb 2004   Stupid errors in In ....   +++Incidentally, if you wonder about programmers o....   >>  
      'Hi Rick. If I'm ever unlucky enough to come acro....   >>  
      +++I wonder if you are aware that the guy you are ....   >>  
      ++substitute 'Citreon 2CV' or 'Volkswagen Beetle' ....   >>  
      +++Frankly, I feel pretty confident that the perso....   >>  
      Awww. Have I been too hard on the Kings of Code h....   >>  
      +++An author publishes excerpts from his book on h....   >>  
      rick, aren't you a successful marketeer and author....   >>  
      +++Is Chapman great at marketing or what?? +++ ....   >>  
      +++This is totally false. +++ This is totally t....   >>  
      +++If you had bothered to read the earlier pos....   >>  
      +++To comment about the price of cars without cons....   >>  
      OK, Albert. While I've decided to not participate....   >>  
25 Sep 2003   finding VARs?   What type of product are you selling?   >>  
23 Sep 2003   Open Source is the n....   +++I was reading through one of the never-ending '....   >>  
   Good News for Americ....   +++Now what, you wanna put the blame on Canada?+++....   >>  
22 Sep 2003   Linux Profitability   >>  
22 Sep 2003   Linux Profitability   +++Hey, Joel! How come anti-Windows trolls get ki....   >>  
17 Sep 2003   chasm analysis for c....   +++rick, something about your tone is mildly off-p....   >>  
      +++Nothing new; new wine in old bottles!+++ Uh,....   >>  
      +++I honestly don't know - but I was wondering if ....   >>  
      ++I'm wondering if the success examples you cited ....   >>  
      +++The market resistance you mentioned isn't 'cros....   >>  
      +++In other words, how do I triple my market share....   >>  
      Well, when selling a retail app, you would have to....   >>  
      +++a group that refers to each other when making ....   >>  
      +++That's my take on the theory anyway. Wouldn't i....   >>  
      +++Still using city desk as an example, it is not ....   >>  
      +++Why is that, Rick? +++ First, you have to re....   >>  
      The 'chasm' model is not a good fit for retail/shr....   >>  
   How Secure?   +++ To whom is this addressed to? +++ I like bi....   >>  
      +++ wonder what your intentions are when you post ....   >>  
      +++Rick, I wonder what your intentions are when....   >>  
16 Sep 2003   How Secure?   >>  
16 Sep 2003      +++rick, you are number 5 for the month in posting....   >>  
      +++Im betting I could pick your posts out of a tho....   >>  
      +++What I found amusing was your response+++ My....   >>  
      +++'Not really. This thread is now intellectually....   >>  
      Not really. This thread is now intellectually cor....   >>  
      +++Youve misunderstood my intent for this article,....   >>  
      +++As to web sites they *appear* to count each web....   >>  
      +++I have searched the web to find stupidity, and ....   >>  
      Youve misunderstood my intent for this article, it....   >>  
      I have searched the web to find stupidity, and hav....   >>  
      +++A response to this lamer *is* stupid.+++ Fac....   >>  
      +++Does this tell us anything besides the fact tha....   >>  
      +++I guess they are not counting blaster attacks +....   >>  
14 Sep 2003   Conformity in platfo....   It is not a 'fact' of copyright law. You have no ....   >>  
      +++The GPL is only a copyright license you insuffe....   >>  
13 Sep 2003      +++Just wondering if you are surreptitiously gathe....   >>  
      +++you are wrong. about this as about many other ....   >>  
12 Sep 2003      +++I've said nothing about Linux except in relatio....   >>  
      +++That only works if I'm a monopoly. For those o....   >>  
      +++I write programs in Python. Python is open sou....   >>  
      +++the OSS world is not a two level game, where on....   >>  
      +++Because MS seems to make a lot rich people and ....   >>  
      +++I can think of scenarios to support either argu....   >>  
      +++ok, so it makes Mr Gates and all of his program....   >>  
11 Sep 2003      +++oh. My mistake.+++ Yes, but I forgive you. ....   >>  
      +++If I charge customers for *solutions*, then OSS....   >>  
      ++++He already gave you the economic driver: progr....   >>  
      +++A study of (real) options theory may give you s....   >>  
      +++The MS model *made* people wealthy - it stopped....   >>  
      +++yes....could you give me the profit figures for....   >>  
10 Sep 2003      +++AFAIK there are no huge profits being made by a....   >>  
      +++??? because that would be genuinely stupid and ....   >>  
      a strong incentive to do what exactly? You don....   >>  
      +++Thats what companies do, they hire employees wh....   >>  
      +++??? thats their name for the precompiled setup ....   >>  
      +++So far through myself and 2 others he has contr....   >>  
      +++'You can download it, but only for 179$' wha....   >>  
      Let's take RedHat Enterprise Linux WS, the equival....   >>  
      If a shift in licensing is in the winds, then we s....   >>  
      +++One of the fundamental shifts in OSS is that co....   >>  
      +++In that case, your strategy is working perfectl....   >>  
      +++rick - you left your brain at home. Gnome and a....   >>  
      +++I really do not understand your fixation on mr ....   >>  
      +++interesting. I would have said there was a dec....   >>  
      +++ye gods. Isn't that the whole idea of capitali....   >>  
      > This thread, and the other one started by Rick, ....   >>  
      +++'Once you've implemented different layers and t....   >>  
09 Sep 2003      yes, it is :) No it's not. +++'and I have mu....   >>  
      +++Indeed, but its not the only reason they write.....   >>  
      +++actually it _is_ true and the amount earnt by w....   >>  
      +++'When I'm writing, I know I'm doing the thing I....   >>  
      +++accepting money in exchange for writing is diff....   >>  
      +++I have yet to hear a convincing reason why anyo....   >>  
      +++In my experience people who write for the money....   >>  
      +++The economic reasons for an open source OS have....   >>  
      sounds a lot like the writers lifestyle to me.....   >>  
      +++I am not sure what this factoid is supposed to ....   >>  
      +++a bit off topic but there was a comment about t....   >>  
      +++Yes. The driving forces are economic, and have ....   >>  
      +++I really don't understand what you are all talk....   >>  
      +++Rick (or anyone else), let me ask you something....   >>  
08 Sep 2003   Conformity in platforms   >>  
04 Sep 2003   A Stupid Response   +++The tricky thing that my competition might face....   >>  
      +++are you afraid that if you gave a straight answ....   >>  
      +++So what prevents something similar from happeni....   >>  
03 Sep 2003      +++'Geek Eye for the Straight Guy!' First rule:....   >>  
      +++Awright, you took a swing at me, and now I've s....   >>  
      +++In a post above you said: 'If you wish to no....   >>  
      +++'Also, investigate carefully what Gateway is tr....   >>  
      +++which items were facts exactly?+++ I'm sorry....   >>  
      +++You've never watched the crowd at a MacWorld wh....   >>  
02 Sep 2003      +++'Not really disputable points.' +++but thats....   >>  
      +++umm, what? ..no you haven't...+++ Ummm, uh,....   >>  
      +++'I really dont see how you can claim that a bus....   >>  
      +++I really dont see how you can claim that a busi....   >>  
      +++What would worry me more though is the decline ....   >>  
01 Sep 2003      +++It certainly does. OTOH your statement was tha....   >>  
      +++thats actually somewhat of a myth, theres an in....   >>  
      +++Do people buy Apples to decorate their apartmen....   >>  
      +++OTOH Im interested that you are comparing NT (h....   >>  
      (1) OSX (and mac classic in its day) _just works_ ....   >>  
29 Aug 2003      +++absolutely not true (sorry). The nice thing ab....   >>  
      +++Now, to return to the restauration analogy, us ....   >>  
      +++Is it the ones on soft*letter's list, or the on....   >>  
      +++Apple's only viable product in this market woul....   >>  
      +++Apple is now a 'lifestyle brand.' They are not ....   >>  
      +++Did you talk about what it was like in these co....   >>  
28 Aug 2003   A Stupid Response   >>  
28 Aug 2003      +++The mistake is thinking Apple is a PC company. ....   >>  
      +++The most important thing to understand is that ....   >>  
      +++Red Hat's presence in the home desktop market i....   >>  
      +++I first need to know -- did you read that book?....   >>  
      +++I see no value in a Red Hat purchase. In fact,....   >>  
      +++If you think I am that dangerous for a company,....   >>  
      And you missed that 'rein' vs. 'reigns' mistake! ....   >>  
      +++Why bother buying Red Hat?+++ Biggest dog on....   >>  
      +++I hate to be a spelling nazi but godamn it real....   >>  
      +++About Apple, here's the way I brain it -- 3% hi....   >>  
      +++The problem is, I think, this book isn't really....   >>  
      +++First, let me apologize personally (and publica....   >>  
      The Windows margin might be 85%, the overal Micros....   >>  
      +++Two Words: Niche Market. Expensive to compet....   >>  
      +++You seem to be a business guy, not a real techi....   >>  
      No problem. 1) IBM: $87,401,000,000 2) Sony: $....   >>  
      +++But this does not invalidate my point about you....   >>  
      +++If you publish another book, you will learn to ....   >>  
   In Search of... Poin....   +++I've read half of it, and I'm fighting an urge ....   >>  
      'I' and almost all of the rest of the footnotes us....   >>  
07 Aug 2003   Search of Stupidity ....   +++It's kind of ironic, because I'm working on a s....   >>  
05 Aug 2003   Age discrimination in high tech   >>  
05 Aug 2003   Age discrimination i....   +++That is the biggest pile of shit I've ever read....   >>  
   Joel: "you can't hav....   'No. They had a bit of detection code that sniffe....   >>  
      This is an interesting thread, with some spot on o....   >>  
04 Aug 2003   Is the Amiga in Chap....   +++As for the Amiga, one problem was its image. PC....   >>  
      The Amiga is mentioned in the book, but while Comm....   >>  
   Search of Stupidity ....   +++BLACK???? never. If it's black it doesn't look ....   >>  
      +++Not only that, but his other book (maybe he has....   >>  
      +++text that's red but isn't a link; +++ Uh, m....   >>  
   "...no software comp....   +++I think you guys are mis-reading Joel. He's not....   >>  
26 Nov 2002   PR firms   Go to www.softwaremarketsolution.com and read the ....   >>  



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