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Re:Crunchpad renamed "JooJoo" will cost $499 on sale Dec. 11 by andreyf on Tuesday December 08, 2009 @11:03AM (#983903)
What I am saying is that when you go up to a marketing guy, chances are that he has no idea how to make the actual product. When you ask an engineering guy how to sell the product, he at least has an idea of how to sell it.

Marketing != Sales. Deciding what to make (market research) is the first part of marketing. If you make the wrong thing (if you are blind to the market), you're not going to sell a lot of it.

The analogy to the house holds because both a roof and a basement are necessary for a good house. Similarly, both good marketing and good engineering are necessary for a good product. Both are necessary, neither is sufficient on their own.

Re:Crunchpad renamed "JooJoo" will cost $499 on sale Dec. 11 by codexon on Thursday December 17, 2009 @08:29PM (#1002359)
The analogy to the house holds because both a roof and a basement are necessary for a good house. Similarly, both good marketing and good engineering are necessary for a good product.

Again you offer no proof to the validity of your analogy other than because you said so.