Re: The Onomastics of BASIC compilers

On Nov 15, 3:27 pm, "n...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
> On Nov 15, 12:39 pm, Gary <LanceG...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > If you call your BASIC "BBC for windows" well clearly you are wanting
to
> > attract the older folk who learned BBC BASIC many years ago.
>
> Actually it's a terrible dilemma, because I'm trying to attract *both*
> those "older folk" and a whole new generation of BBC BASIC programmers
> who've never met it before.  I'm sure I discourage some of the latter
> by calling it 'BBC BASIC' rather than 'Whizzo BASIC' (TM) but on
> balance I feel the BBC's name still has some cachet (although probably
> not in the US).
>
> Short of marketing it under two completely different names (which
> would be a fascinating experiment) I don't know the answer to making
> its appeal broader than it is.
>
> Richard.http://www.rtrussell.co.uk/
> To reply by email change 'news' to my forename.

In book selling it is common to sell the same product twice (e.g., the
hardback and the paperback editions). So perhaps two different names
would be no different than the common practice in bookselling. I think
'Whizzo' is probably a bit dated now, though. Do school kids still
call someone skilled at something a whizz? Best consult a marketing
group... :-)

Lance