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Marin David Condic wrote:

>Don't get marketing confused with advertising or sales.

It's not me. ;)

>all essential parts of running an effective business. It takes people=20
>with special skills and special training to do it - just like software=20
>designers, they are professionals too. If Ada had a better team and=20
>bigger budget to do this, it could be a dominant force in the language =
wars.

Yes. I agree with you here. But that is what scares me a little bit.
Why do you need a bigger budget if you already have the better
product?


Vinzent.