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Subject: Demise of JRT Pascal
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Date: Thu, 19-Jan-84 05:25:00 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 19 05:25:00 1984
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From:  Jerry E. Pournelle <POURNE@mit-mc>

1. JRT 2.+ was NOT a bargain at any price.
2. His 3.0 was, assuming you could get it; did you actually read
what I said?
3. Barry workman can make a profit (not large) with sales at
$35.00 per disk postpaid if he doesn't have large royalties to
pay.
4. Borland'd Turbo Pascal at $49.95 IS a bargain, and indeed is
pretty nifty; and t hey seem to be surviving and thriving.
5. Bookstores make a good living selling books at considerably
less than $39.95; at least some do.
	And they have high volume of sales, lots of inventory,
lots of items to stock, unlike JRT.