who's out there?

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     My accountant had returned from a seminar. The presenter had suggested 
everyone double their prices. One of the accountants in the room protested: 
"I'd lose half my business." The presenter smiled and said: "Perfect, you'd get 
the same revenue - with half the work."

     The flaw in this is that you need a certain volume to get "traction". 
Look at Smalltalk and MC as examples.

     About a year ago the list's resident wordsmith, Richard Gaskin, observed 
that, for Rev "the low hanging fruit has been picked". He meant us - the 
former MC and HC developers. To expand the market Rev MUST appeal to newbys. I 
think this is a very good thing. Making the product solid enough, clean enough, 
and well-documented enough for them will help everyone.

     I have been in this situation for 18 years. I make a business system 
that we sell to companies without IT departments. It has to be good! And so it 
is.
Paul Looney