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I agree. The R and D guy did an excellent job of discussing the DCS and some of the work that went into it. The marketing guy, well, just marketed me against MTH with his spinmeister speak. I think there is a reason for that. Most engineers (ME was my undergrad degree) follow the belief that "if you build a better mousetrap the world will beat a path to your door." They also are trained to follow logical paths from problem to solution. Marketing guys, however, look at things differently (MBA grad - yeah I'm dysfunctional). They always seem more concerned with "product differentiation" and "market demographics." To them it doesn't matter that the product is better (they will point out Beta vs VHS) it's all about how it is packaged. There's a reason that Budweiser pays big bucks to get its names on Dale Earnhardt Jr's race car and it has nothing to do with the quality of Bud. Unfortunately, I don't think model railroaders fit the standard marketing model (wonder if MTH's marketing guy is a model rail?). We pretty much are pretty well informed of the products out there and are not easily swayed by marketing hype - and in fact as this thread shows are sometimes turned off by it. In fact, I dare say that given the skills gained by model rails, we are all more engineers than marketing types. MTH's marketing guy doesn't understand this and was obviously dumbfounded why the folks here turned on him after he gave a great marketing spin on MTH's product. <br /> <br />While I do admire MTH's R and D guy for his ability to so clearly state a position and I would love to see more input from him, MTH's initial position in this flap has turned me off big time and the marketing guy with his mumbo jumbo turned me off even more. Maybe the R and D guy can change my mind, but he's got a heck of a climb.
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