Contrary to Steve's claims, nobody is complaining about the events after Bob died. Everybody was VERY understanding and patient after Bob died. People are complaining about the exact same events happening again after Jim's car accident. For the same events to be happening twice in one year, shows that PB Inc. did
NOT learn any lessons after Bob died.
They are definitely competing against themselves with the lower price versions. It would be different if they were crippled products, but they are not, and are full-fledged old versions. Usually a competitor is the person who tries to undercut you, you don't try to undercut yourself.
I had a nasty email asking me to defend this comment. In one of the posts Chris deleted, he claimed it was his idea to sell PB 8 for $29. This was an idea that was NOT well-thought out and is VERY damaging to the company because it undermines their entire pricing structure. Lets look at the site:
https://www.powerbasic.com/shop/PB 10 is $199.00
PB 9 is $99.00 and you can upgrade to PB 10 for $99.00 which makes PB 10 cost $1.00 less by upgrading than buying PB 10 straight out.
PB 8 costs $29.00 and you can upgrade to PB 10 for $129.00 which makes PB 10 cost $158.00 by upgrading.
So this idea to sell PB 8 so cheap only caused PB to compete against itself, as now you can buy PB 10 for $41 cheaper instead of paying full price for it. Yes, you are selling PB 8 for $29.00, but by doing so, you are now also selling PB 10 for $158.00. This is why I said PB is undercutting itself.
PowerBasic may be sold? ... I find it interesting the comment from Chris:
The best thing Chris can do to help PowerBASIC is quit trying to be a know-it-all and a big shot and shut up and let PowerBASIC handle things on their own. He does not work for PowerBASIC. All Chris is doing is making things worse for PowerBASIC and its users.
Like, Theo,
I like Chris and I like his products, but he has been a bit too big for his britches lately on the other forum. He needs to back off and let PB handle things on their own and not be a buttinski as he will only make things worse.
I am not sure what he's thinking but I don't see those as viable options... I can find no good reason why they'd be interested.
The products themselves would not be useful to either company. Neither company targets people using BASIC languages.
