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>On Nov 15, 3:27 pm, "n...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> On Nov 15, 12:39 pm, Gary <LanceG...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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.
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>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.
Selling a product under different names in different markets is
standard procedure in book publi****ng, film distribution, and similar
artistic works; so why not computer programming languages too? ;-)
>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... :-)
Addendum: [From a parallel thread.] I rather like Eric's idea of
documenting a comprehensive account of BASICs in Wiki, and providing
at least code examples if the idea of a collection of "last versions"
proves too difficult either legally or practically.
Cheers, Phred.
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