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#11 10-11-2005, 06:04 PM

Wow, man boobs. I know you bat for the other side and all that, but is that ALL you think about? [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

Quicksilvre · #12 10-11-2005, 06:05 PM

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Kind of off topic but this reminds me of a special on cancer treatments I watched on TV.

A publicly traded pharmaceutical company discovered/invented
a cancer treatment that would cure a certain type of childrens cancer. This treatment could cure a deadly cancer!! It actually worked.

Wasn't lucrative enough for them to make a profit so they quit making it, now all the children that get this cancer will most likely die.

Thats big business for you.

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Which company? What program was it, and what did they want you to think of it? What kind of cancer? Is it common?

mackthefork · #13 10-11-2005, 06:12 PM

Usually i'm with you, but I couldn't disagree more with what you say here. Rakeback is irrelevant to me, but Party semed to have made a big mistake to me. The only reasonable explaination for their recent actions is that they don't see poker as their core future offering, reading through their recent interim statement has reinforced for me the view that this is in fact the case.

Party suggest they will seek more and more of their income from casino games, which is what I stated in a couple of my previous posts. No doubt the optimists who think this move is good for everyone will once again call me a fool for this. Such is life. ESADB.

Regards Mack

Jim Easton · #14 10-11-2005, 06:13 PM

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Not if it was for a rare cancer.

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Let's see, PR value to the company for curing a rare childhood cancer, even at a loss, vs PR value to the company for refusing to produce the cure because it wouldn't be profitable.

Do you really think a corporation could kill a product like that without it being front page news or covered by cable news 24/7 for months?

jman220 · #15 10-11-2005, 06:13 PM

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Kind of off topic but this reminds me of a special on cancer treatments I watched on TV.

A publicly traded pharmaceutical company discovered/invented
a cancer treatment that would cure a certain type of childrens cancer. This treatment could cure a deadly cancer!! It actually worked.

Wasn't lucrative enough for them to make a profit so they quit making it, now all the children that get this cancer will most likely die.

Thats big business for you.

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Which company? What program was it, and what did they want you to think of it? What kind of cancer? Is it common?

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Yeah, we're going to need more info before we call BS on this story. Not saying that the original post is BS, but oftentimes those late night "documentaries" are nothing but misleading conjecture.

daveymck · #16 10-11-2005, 06:13 PM

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Kind of off topic but this reminds me of a special on cancer treatments I watched on TV.

A publicly traded pharmaceutical company discovered/invented
a cancer treatment that would cure a certain type of childrens cancer. This treatment could cure a deadly cancer!! It actually worked.

Wasn't lucrative enough for them to make a profit so they quit making it, now all the children that get this cancer will most likely die.

Thats big business for you.

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Which company? What program was it, and what did they want you to think of it? What kind of cancer? Is it common?

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Dunno about the cancer but can give two examples just form one huge american software company Oracle. They desupported the financials package which caused a huge fuss as there were a lot of clients still planning on using it big huge corporations. The compromise was they would support existing bugs so it was out get out clause sorry development wont do anything new on this now.

Also their recent takeover of peoplesoft was not appreciated by many of poeplesofts client base some of whome will move to sap etc but most will stay with Oracle and at some point in the future will have to move over to the new merged peoplesoft/oracle combined software.

What party has done isnt even that big or radical, if a company is big enough has a strong customer base and market share they will push on regardless of knocking a few applecarts over, yes they may make measures to smooth things over but they will make plans and push on if it matches their strategy.

mackthefork · #17 10-11-2005, 06:14 PM

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You guys dont understand that Party is now a big corporate listed business and is starting to act like it. Many large companies make decisions that are unpopular with their client base but they move on regardless of complaints and most of their customers suck up and go with it.

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In todays business world, the idea of keeping your customers happy is paramount. All successful business go out of thier way to satisfy the needs and wants of thier consumers or they ultimately end up with no business and fail. From time to time, a company might do something that is unpopular with thier customers, but they quickly fix what has gone wrong and certainly dont do it again. I don't know what imaginary world you are living in, but in the real world, the customer comes first. without them, you have no business

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Amen, Coca-Cola new taste is a good example.

Mack

DRKEVDC · #18 10-11-2005, 06:16 PM

Not saying that I believe the story but take a minute to think about what would happen to the medical community if there was a cure for cancer tomorrow. Do you realize how much money they make off of treating that?

At the end of the day they are a business just like anyone else.

sfer · #19 10-11-2005, 06:17 PM

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Kind of off topic but this reminds me of a special on cancer treatments I watched on TV.

A publicly traded pharmaceutical company discovered/invented
a cancer treatment that would cure a certain type of childrens cancer. This treatment could cure a deadly cancer!! It actually worked.

Wasn't lucrative enough for them to make a profit so they quit making it, now all the children that get this cancer will most likely die.

Thats big business for you.

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I have a hard time believing this.

mackthefork · #20 10-11-2005, 06:17 PM

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Not if it was for a rare cancer.

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Let's see, PR value to the company for curing a rare childhood cancer, even at a loss, vs PR value to the company for refusing to produce the cure because it wouldn't be profitable.

Do you really think a corporation could kill a product like that without it being front page news or covered by cable news 24/7 for months?

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Cancer is a poor example, but lets put it another way, would big pharma research into drugs they didn't think could be economically viable? [end hijack]

Mack