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Larry Elmore <ljelmore@home.com> writes:

> nicolas wrote:
> > 

<stuff deleted>

> > I'd really like to see you in a TV store :-)
> > "Stephen, give me money now, I'm going to develop a great TV set, build a
> > factory, and I promise you will have a great TV set within a few years ..."
> 
> Duh... What do you think investors do every day? How in the world do you
> think the vast majority of companies got started in the first place?
> Government mandate, or magic?
> 
> Larry

But he's not an investor, he's potential customer in the mass
market. There is a difference you know, and compilers and libraries
are commodities these days, not custom-made.

-- 
Kabelsalat ist gesund.

Ole-Hj. Kristensen