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=1.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c7b637f8b783b7c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "W. Wesley Groleau x4923" Subject: As long as the topic is drifting.... Date: 1997/09/05 Message-ID: <34106FC5.586E@pseserv3.fw.hac.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 270063904 Sender: usenet@most.fw.hac.com (News Administration) References: <97090409495535@psavax.pwfl.com> X-Nntp-Posting-Host: sparc01 Organization: Hughes Defense Communications Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-09-05T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: > entertaining at lower resolution. (Maybe introduce the HDTV set > along with a companion VCR & lots of movies formatted for it and > put one on display in every Blockbuster? It'd take a lot of bucks, > but I bet the public would run out and buy it if the combined unit > cost could be kept under $500. Once you get a few million sets out > there, broadcast will follow...) A certain political figure told how at one time the New York Times bestseller list was based on the sales in three or four stores in New York City. When he asked how to get people to read a certain book, the answer was "people read what the best seller list tells them everyone else is reading." So they went to those 3-4 stores, bought lots of copies, and sure enough, the snowball kept rolling. Perhaps there's a lesson there for Ada (or Eiffel) advocates. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Wes Groleau, Hughes Defense Communications, Fort Wayne, IN USA Senior Software Engineer - AFATDS Tool-smith Wanna-be wwgrol AT pseserv3.fw.hac.com Don't send advertisements to this domain unless asked! All disk space on fw.hac.com hosts belongs to either Hughes Defense Communications or the United States government. Using email to store YOUR advertising on them is trespassing! ----------------------------------------------------------------------