Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 16:20:35 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Robert Humphris <r DOT humphris AT indigo-avs DOT com>
cc: "'djGpp list'" <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: RE: Outstanding Projects
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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...