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From: dwp@willett.pgh.pa.us (Doug Philips)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: Re: Prices of Forth systems
Message-ID: <1629.UUL1.3#5129@willett.pgh.pa.us>
Date: 29 Aug 90 03:15:48 GMT
References: <9008241608.AA00381@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
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In <9008241608.AA00381@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, wmb@MITCH.ENG.SUN.COM writes:

MB> It's not really a Catch-22; investment in a business will allow you to
MB> avertise in anticipation of future profits.
MB> The problem is that the expected return is too low.  I can't afford to
MB> advertise because the total market for Forth products is small.

So are you claiming that it is just small now, or that it will never get
larger?  (I realize this is a pretty open ended question...)

MB> This sort of reinforces the perception of high-priced commercial Forth
MB> products; you see advertisements for them because the expected return
MB> on #units times unit-price will pay for the advertising, which is usually
MB> not true for low-priced Forth products.

Which leads us back to 'Do Re Mi...'.  One question I haven't seen a lot of
discussion about is what size of community "there should be".  I suppose
we can't really answer that one until we decide just what is the proper
domain for Forth.  But, maybe, the answers are interdependant.

-Doug

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