Douglas Quebbeman skrev:
>> Programming contests are another deal. They're just about academic
>> programming. Demos are more like MTV on a computer screen.
>Yeah, and I always considered MTV to be one big marketing
>outlet. At least I appear to have this in perspective now...
I don't care for MTV, and I share your opinion of it.
>I've always believed that consumers should research the products they
>purchase, and that a good product will sell itself. Marketing merely
>raises the ultimate costs of a product, so perhaps you'll understand
>why I don't have a very high opinion of it. Or of a generation or
>programmers who rose to serve marketing's needs.
You still don't get it. Demos have no marketing relevance whatsoever. They're
done just for the fun of it, and the prestige. They don't fulfill any needs
and don't claim to do it. I don't even see why I'm trying to explain to you,
you don't even seem to read what I write.
The generations of programmers who really rose to marketing needs were the
ones before the microcomputing boom. They really had no choice. The younger
generations could do it at home for the fun of it.
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Received on Fri Aug 17 2001 - 01:54:39 BST