Re: The library metric

From: Paolo Amoroso (amoroso_at_mclink.it)
Date: 03/17/05 

Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 15:41:06 +0100

"Brandon J. Van Every" <try_vanevery_at_mycompanyname@yahoo.com> writes:

> When Microsoft steamrollers everyone else in the industry, it's not doing it
> with technology. 2/3 of the gameplan is marketing. The lessons of Redmond

Okay, here's a deal: you give us 10% of Microsoft's marketing budget,
and we produce nice commercials, slick logos, brochures, coffee mugs,
cool t-shirts, shiny ads on glossy paper magazines, all sorts of
gadgets, you name it.

In the meantime, here is my marketing: Lisp is back.

Paolo 

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