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From: Nils Kassube <nika@kassube.de>
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Subject: Re: The Hobby Lobby was Windows CE?
Date: 01 Oct 2001 17:05:37 +0200
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"Marin David Condic" <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org> writes:

> I don't think that all of it would come from impulse buying. You'd have to
> do some sort of advertising campaign or otherwise find promotions that would
> generate some level of interest, but the key is to have it available in some

Articles in popular computer magazine would be a good start. I don't
believe there's anyone who would pay for ads.

> they never get any exposure to it? Without a store presence on *some* level,
> the neyophyte will get the impression that it is only some sort of curiosity
> that has no real base of users because you never see it anywhere. That
> creates even more reasons to ignore the language.

You can get a store presence only if you have lots of money to spent
for a marketing campaign or if there's demand. The success of Python
is a good model to copy: in Germany you can read many stories in
computer magazines about Python and Zope. 

Cheers,
Nils