Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/04/07/09:31:37
On Mon, 7 Apr 1997, Robert Humphris wrote:
> > 3) You need to convince people search it, which is not as trivial
> >as it may sound. For example, you can search the DJGPP mail archives
> >*today* to look for announcements of software, but many people just post a
> >question instead.
>
> well this is true, but what can you do?
Be prepared to disappointment, at the very least.
> companies selling commercial
> products spend millions on marketing
> and still only get a few percent of their prospective sales base,
People who do these things for companies, get payed for it. You don't.
> Plus if someone posts a question you will be able to really infuriate
> "MyBigMouth" by pointing them to the list in the same way that you
> point them to the FAQ. :-)
Yeah, tell me about it...
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