From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,1042f393323e22da X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,1042f393323e22da X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,1042f393323e22da X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Dave Wood Subject: Re: Any research putting c above ada? Date: 1997/04/16 Message-ID: <33548BD6.6F25@aonix.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 235146407 Cache-Post-Path: optional.cts.com!unknown@199.164.191.83 References: <5ih6i9$oct$1@waldorf.csc.calpoly.edu> <5il225$8e3$9@halon.vggas.com> <33507CAC.5B9E@aonix.com> Organization: Aonix Reply-To: dpw@aonix.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-04-16T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Chris Lomont wrote: > > On Sat, 12 Apr 1997, Dave Wood wrote: > > > Steve Summit wrote: > > > > > > I'm always pleasantly surprised to see a C compiler in a computer > > > store, or a C book in a general bookstore, but I wouldn't blame > > > either of these stores for not carrying C titles (let alone Ada), > > > because they're not exactly mass-market. > > > > Indeed, CompUSA and their ilk will carry *anything* so long > > as the supplier is willing to be extorted into buying > > shelf space away from products from Microsoft and other > > quasi-monopolies. > > > > Where does this nonsense idea come from? Most retail stores stock what > sells, whether it's from Microsoft or from HomeBoys Software. Why would > CompUSA care where the product comes from, if it sells? Can you state any > facts along these lines? Have you tried doing it then? It would be interesting for you to share the experience. In fact, retail shelf space is quite limited, even at the local grocery store. You might ask Mom 'n Pop Cola how easy it is to take space away from Coke and Pepsi. Interesting theory, that they stock what sells. They also sell what they stock. Which is your chicken, and which your egg? How do you think that someone new or different convinces the retailer to give up the shelf space held by an incumbant? If your guess is that this involves something green, you're getting warm. Unless your product is truly mass market, you'd better think long and hard about this gambit (unless of course your name is Gates, in which case the shelf space is a lock.) -- Dave Wood -- Product Manager, ObjectAda for Windows -- Aonix - "Ada with an Attitude" -- http://www.aonix.com