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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c62a5e526aafd9d4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-09-30 18:43:04 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!207.115.63.138!newscon04.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr15.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3BB7CA63.7248382B@flash.net> From: Gary Scott Reply-To: scottg@flash.net Organization: Home X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en]C-DIAL (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: The Hobby Lobby was Windows CE? References: <9onhgu$9h9$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3BAF77E6.9BDE9102@adaworks.com> <9onvig$f6n$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3bb05ee7.10496763@news.demon.co.uk> <3BB0B3C4.432E2B4B@sparc01.ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> <3bb1d07f.18201562@news.demon.co.uk> <3BB2075A.57C22F55@sparc01.ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> <3BB22F0E.718B1244@sparc01.ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> <9otbs2$juj$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9ovaf2$c18$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3BB340C6.DC51CB98@lmtas.lmco.com> <9ovh43$erd$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9p1utj$d8k$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <87k7ygpxbc.fsf@kursk.kassube.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 64.48.221.2 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr15.news.prodigy.com 1001900547 ST000 64.48.221.2 (Sun, 30 Sep 2001 21:42:27 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 21:42:27 EDT X-UserInfo1: F[OUQO[@AC[]@FPYBJKBNRLI[B]NQHQHDY^L\UQHWIWDUWYADNVOPCKZBL\NX_KHV^GY[KVMG^ZPNHSCZNS[^UXFJVWYXVXKBH[XRWWBBDTN@AX\JSBVH]_@T\EKJHBMZ\_WZJFNRY]YWKSPED_U^NC\HSZ\WS[KEAYI@DO@\K@BP\LD[\GTMPLDFVU]ASJM Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 01:42:27 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:13564 Date: 2001-10-01T01:42:27+00:00 List-Id: Nils Kassube wrote: > > "Marin David Condic" writes: > > > without a presence on store shelves. The question is, how much > > better would sales be if there *were* a presence on store shelves > > where impulse buyers with no prior Ada experience might pick it up? > > Do you really think there are any impulse buyers at all for > programming environments? Definitely is if the price is low enough. I broke down and once bought a Java IDE because the price was too good to pass up and the product was half way decent (not that I really wanted to do anything but exploration). -- Gary Scott mailto:scottg@flash.net mailto:webmaster@fortranlib.com http://www.fortranlib.com Support the GNU Fortran G95 Project: http://g95.sourceforge.net