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From: bruceb@informix.com (Bruce Barr)
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Subject: Re: ALED goes to the wastebasket here in Iceland
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Date: 17 Jun 91 14:22:42 GMT
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In article <27098@as0c.sei.cmu.edu> df@sei.cmu.edu (Dan Farmer) writes:

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>  This is rediculous -- just because something doesn't suit *your*
>needs doesn't mean that it's "a waste of disk space".  What an
>egocentric view -- perhaps the author doesn't care if his program
>is used by whiners in the frozen north.  One of you even said that
>it looked like a useable editor, but just because it lacks a feature
>you want, that perhaps isn't needed by the target audience of the
>programmer, it is basically trash.

I will jump into this one, since it involves something I am thouroughly
familiar with, even though I am NOT from the 'FROZEN NORTH.'  The ego-
centric view expressed is yours.  Just because your language needs are
supported, then forget anybody else.  Would the editor be acceptable if
it didn't allow you to enter the letter E?  How about a less used letter
like Z or X?  Would you be keeping it around to use for those times when
you didn't need to type those letters in?

If people want the widest possible audience for the program, they need to
keep in mind people outside of the U.S.A.   Shareware is, at least in
theory, a way of MARKETING a product.  You are limiting your programs
growth in the FASTEST GROWING MARKET if it isn't 8 bit clean.

Flame away, but this is a soapbox I stand on all the time.

Bruce Barr