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kbennett@access.digex.net (Keith R. Bennett) writes:


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Let me second your comments Keith!!

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>OS/2's main obstacle to success is switching costs.

>By switching costs I mean the sum of all costs to a user or developer
>relating to switching to OS/2 from another operating system.

>One such cost is the cost of the software itself.  To your credit,
>you have reduced the price of many software products.  Software cost
>is therefore not that big a barrier.  (That is, unless you decide to
>start charging high prices for upgrades, etc. later.)

>There are other switching costs though, that are much higher than the
>price of the software.  Developer learning time costs thousands of
>dollars, and dwarfs the software cost.  I have described three
>concrete ways that you could reduce this cost.  Any progress you can
>make in this direction will result in more and better application
>software for OS/2, and greater incentive for customers to buy and use
>it.

>Please let me know what your plans are regarding these issues.

>Sincerely,
>Keith Bennett
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