Buck Calabro wrote:
> Jon,
>
> I seriously doubt that I'm alone here. For every one of the "top level"
>posters
> to this list, there are literally thousands who quietly run their S/36 code on
> their black boxes
> Lest you think me merely a "doom and gloomer", I have some suggestions:
> Try shipping free copies to people who spend X dollars, or at random!
> Try giving away tutorials on using modern tools, and give some away.
> Try shipping *working* ILE applications with source and a step by step
> tutorial so people aren't afraid of it. Try targeting programmers with your
> marketing material: if you generate enough interest in this stuff at the
>programmer
> level, employers will have to start considering adopting it to attract new
>people.
> Try giving beta versions to more shops. Take surveys and listen to what you
>hear.
> Prepare "white papers" detailing cost/benefits of moving to newer techniques;
> give references, case studies and examples that match some of the many
> customers you have.
>
Let me add my personal favorite: Give us a downloadable useful editor we can
put on our PC
and give us a tcp/ip sandbox reachable from the Internet we can play in with
samples,
examples, code to write, tutorials, images and a place to put our own demos and
samples.
> Buck Calabro
> Commsoft, Albany, NY
> mcalabro@commsoft.net
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