RE: Time to get serious

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That's a naming issue.  You SHOULD be able to call something "dogturd"
and then sell it if you market it properly.

The problem is the maerketnig part of it.  What I haven't heard one
person say, even on these lists, is that RPG is a kick-ass language that
ought to be used MORE, not less, and that it stands up to anything in
the market for defining business rules.  That's the truth, but nobody
wants to say it.  My little vignettes say exactly that.

That's not to say that the name RPG doesn't have some baggage.  I just
don't know if a wholesale rename is the right answer; there's a lot of
positive brand recognition there.  There are ways to desensitize the
current name: come up with "cute" acronyms or use the "this is NOT your
father's RPG" technique, which actually worked pretty well for
Oldsmobile.

Joe


> From: michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> I love it...but I can hear folks saying, "But I don't want to generate
a
> report program!".