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Billing can be a big deal. The idea is that it's still cheaper than a perpetual license deal for the customer in year one, but is more inline with how they're used to buying software--big upfront fee followed by maintenance. @Task has had good luck selling on-premise software with term licensing.
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Ross Mayfield notes that in an Apple retails store "50% of the space is for retail sales and 50% for service and support." He goes on to contrast that with places like Fry's or Best Buy. Ross goes on: For your business online, what porportion is dedicated to retail vs. support?
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David's analysis is just one more data point in the argument that some of the world's seemingly most dangerous countries have citizens who are ready to connect. As an aside, I just pre-ordered Tom's new book 'Great Powers: America and the World After Bush' from Amazon.
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Sometimes when I'm writing a post I just know that it's going to get traction, but most of the time, it's hit or miss. The one that is the most amazing to me is the "free mobile calls" post. It's usually the number one hit on Google under free mobile calls, so it gets a lot of traffic.
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One of the first things I discovered was that I needed a good way to carry my laptop. The messenger bag keeps the weight low, but after 17 miles, it's a boat anchor around you neck. What I needed was a pannier big enough to carry a laptop. The bag is well made and the laptop is secure.
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We started off building our own ecommerce platform, then we switched to a vendor supported product. After we almost went broke, we went back to building our own ecommerce platform. Amazon is the biggest retailer because they run their own platform--not the other way around.
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Luke makes an analogy about the transition from assembly to C and moving from commands and files to "resources." You can install, uninstall, update, etc. packages. The class provides intent; by creating a class for ssh, you're saying it should be installed and running.
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