> Do marketing and managerial skill add real value to a product/service, or are they at best a necessary evil? That was not what I said - at all! Of course it

> Do marketing and managerial skill add real value to a product/service, or are they at best a necessary evil? That was not what I said - at all! Of course it adds value. Reading through it, it seems you entire reply is premised on something I did not even remotely say? I edited the post and added a new last paragraph.