my thinking would be this
you "real networks" have a leg up on most content software, you have a name and a format that ppl recognize. you have a lot of competition that WILL smother your business if you do not rebuild your name.
see, i am in a particularly interesting position (and i assume there are many many others like me.)when my family and friends come to me for computer advice, or if i am sitting at their computer, i will give them advice about what software they should use to perform different tasks. i may also chastise them for using certain software. when i see ANYTHING 'real' related on their computer i casually inform them of your past history and why no one should use real software. then i promptly uninstall and erase any trace i can find of your software, then install a better media player. to make things even more interesting, my family or friends will usually not even remember why they installed the real player, so they probably will not even realize its gone. these people trust me, because i have earned their trust. you on the other hand have abused their trust. you are one of the reasons they have spyware on their computer and annoying popup windows asking them to upgrade (while they scratch their heads and say 'whats real player and why should i update it?')
to sum it up, if you do not make a serious attempt to win back my respect (and again, i stress, there are many in my position) you will fall to the wayside and be lost forever with 1,000's of other once promising pieces of software.
its not my duty to figure out how to make money without abusing peoples trust. thats your company and its employees job to figure out. but i do consider it my duty to help my mother, grandmother, cousins, friends, etc... with their computers, and i will do my duty, now do your job to save your company.
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children/little sister/brother make great remotes when i lose mine.... "hey while you're up..."
are you sick of irony too?
my thinking would be this
you "real networks" have a leg up on most content software, you have a name and a format that ppl recognize. you have a lot of competition that WILL smother your business if you do not rebuild your name. see, i am in a particularly interesting position (and i assume there are many many others like me.)when my family and friends come to me for computer advice, or if i am sitting at their computer, i will give them advice about what software they should use to perform different tasks. i may also chastise them for using certain software. when i see ANYTHING 'real' related on their computer i casually inform them of your past history and why no one should use real software. then i promptly uninstall and erase any trace i can find of your software, then install a better media player. to make things even more interesting, my family or friends will usually not even remember why they installed the real player, so they probably will not even realize its gone. these people trust me, because i have earned their trust. you on the other hand have abused their trust. you are one of the reasons they have spyware on their computer and annoying popup windows asking them to upgrade (while they scratch their heads and say 'whats real player and why should i update it?') to sum it up, if you do not make a serious attempt to win back my respect (and again, i stress, there are many in my position) you will fall to the wayside and be lost forever with 1,000's of other once promising pieces of software. its not my duty to figure out how to make money without abusing peoples trust. thats your company and its employees job to figure out. but i do consider it my duty to help my mother, grandmother, cousins, friends, etc... with their computers, and i will do my duty, now do your job to save your company.