> If REALSoftware release pre-release serial numbers to us
> directly, they
> will be stabbing the distributers in the back...Which is very
> unfair to
> the distributer, a distributer does more than just sell the
> products to
> a reseller. Having a distributer means that manufactors don't need to
> have support agents, sales teams, management that can speak every
> language under the sun. Also distributers try to the product
> into to as
> many places for the public to purchase it as possible. Think how big
> REALSoftware would have to be before it could sell a single
> product in
> Europe. A distributer makes it easier for REALSoftware to get their
> products to other countries than just the US. You may not
> even know of
> REALBasic if it wasn't for a local distributer doing
> advertising of some
> sort. I.E reviews and ads in publications.
>
> Please if I am wrong correct the above statement. I only know this
> because I work for a European Apple reseller who happen to sell
> REALSoftware products :-) and like most of the other European members
> here I am waiting for my serial from the local distributer.
You are spot on, Sam!
Best regards,
Lynn Fredricks
President
Proactive International, LLC
http://www.proactive-intl.com
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