From:	Matb <mbreton@**.NETCOM.COM>
Subject:	Re: The talks on my Cyberware post.
Date:	Sat, 2 May 1998 13:54:58 -0700

Michael Broadwater wrote:

> >>> Incidentally, to compare the various levels to a real-world situation --
> >>> when's the last time you saw seven generations of the same product at
> >>> market together? This is sort of like having 286s side-by-side with
> >>> Pentium II's -- it doesn't happen.

> >>Really? Then what is a "Ham Fest?"

> >A gathering of people to collect items no longer in the market.

> It's called "rhetoric". You may encounter it again.

The initial response missed the point. The rejoinder pointed out that a
ham fest isn't a retail market situation. You apparently didn't pick up
on that, either.

You *don't* see seven generations of the same product at a retail market
at the same time. That's not to suggest that old product lines vaporize
once they're past the expiration date; they would not, however, be
treated in the same manner as the regular market goods. The original
post, with its listings of increasing availabilities and price
multipliers, seemed to suggest that all of the various levels *would* be
sold on the market simultaneously. OK, epsilon or super-epsilon may be
r&d only, but that still leaves five levels representing a *very* broad
band of capability (from 0% to an 75% Essence decrease, iirc). That
doesn't happen in the conventional market.


- Matt

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