Hello? <vent>

[Hans Hendriks]

Glenn Koster speculates:
>
> In their defense, I must say that one of the major factors in their
> pricing policy has been the fall of loonie.  Cognos built a competitive
> company on the strength of the Canadian dollar from a Canadian base and
> build a good reputation south of the border.  Unfortunately, the loonie
> has seen a collapse of approximately 40% in the last 6-7 years, right in
> line with the rise in costs to their US customer base.  Maybe there it
> is not as easy to be multi-national as some would have us believe.

Ahem. This would mean that they're making 40% more (Canadian) revenue off
the same (US$) price list ....

/Hans
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