Phenomenon of low popularity PureBasic :?

PB · Post by PB » Fri Aug 08, 2008 3:44 pm

If Fred got 10,000 sales overnight, then why do we assume that PureBasic
would become better? Wouldn't Fred just retire to Hawaii or something and
we'd never get updates again?

Kaeru Gaman · Post by **Kaeru Gaman** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 3:46 pm

traumatic wrote:if PB had 10.000 sales over night, fixing bugs would be a problem nice to have...

maybe for you....

for me it would not be nice, I would hate it and put the project in the trash because of such a stress.
no further development, just getting the cash from it and forgetting about the rest
because I would not have the nerv to deal with that mess.

... you see, two contrair points of view ...
and non of us can speak for Fred.

traumatic wrote:lol.

never. NEVER! laugh about people just because having a completely different point of view!

... or should I laugh about you because you don't seem to see how much a calm mind is worth much more than any money?

traumatic · Post by **traumatic** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 5:56 pm

Kaeru Gaman wrote: ... you see, two contrair points of view ...
and non of us can speak for Fred.

I already said that the PB team had to decide and that it's not always good to gain attention.

traumatic wrote: ... or should I laugh about you because you don't seem to see how much a calm mind is worth much more than any money?

Why not? Just go ahead, I don't care.

Do you actually now what I was laughing about?
To sell 10.000 copies of PB over night is more than just unrealistic.
It takes years to sucessfully solicit a product AND you always retain
full control.

Oh and "NEVER EVER" talk to foreign people like you just did. You know
nothing about me and I think anyone can be asking for a little respect.
Thank you.

Rook Zimbabwe · Post by **Rook Zimbabwe** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:05 pm

Foriegn People...

Not to drop off topic, nor to stir the fire... but... are you both not from Germany?

Kaeru Gaman · Post by **Kaeru Gaman** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:43 pm

traumatic wrote:Oh and "NEVER EVER" talk to foreign people like you just did. You know
nothing about me and I think anyone can be asking for a little respect.
Thank you.

wait a sec...
you laughed about what I said, I told you not to do that, and you ask me for respect?

seems you missed something there in between?

Post by **Polo** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:57 pm

Rook Zimbabwe wrote:
Foriegn People...
Not to drop off topic, nor to stir the fire... but... are you both not from Germany?

This must be why he made a mistake by using the word "foreign" instead of stranger

Marco2007 · Post by **Marco2007** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 10:06 pm

Rook Zimbabwe wrote:
Foriegn People...
Not to drop off topic, nor to stir the fire... but... are you both not from Germany?

@Traumatic: Are you on German Board, too? Nickname? I just and only know you from the Englisch board?

traumatic · Post by **traumatic** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 12:28 am

Polo wrote:
Rook Zimbabwe wrote:
Foriegn People...
Not to drop off topic, nor to stir the fire... but... are you both not from Germany?
This must be why he made a mistake by using the word "foreign" instead of stranger

Right

traumatic · Post by **traumatic** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 12:29 am

Kaeru Gaman wrote:seems you missed something there in between?

No. I told you what I laughed about. Certainly not you. I don't even know you, why should I laugh about you?

EDIT: Beside that, I laugh about whatever I want to. You should do so as well.

traumatic · Post by **traumatic** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 12:30 am

Marco2007 wrote: @Traumatic: Are you on German Board, too? Nickname? I just and only know you from the Englisch board?

That's because I quit hanging around on the german forums.

Psychophanta · Post by **Psychophanta** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 9:58 am

What i meant is:
Enough money to maintain, to fix bugs and to improve: yes.
More money and then more money and then more money.... : no.

the.weavster · Post by **the.weavster** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 11:51 am

Kaeru Gaman wrote:you laughed about what I said, I told you not to do that

Kaeru Gaman · Post by **Kaeru Gaman** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 12:01 pm

the.weavster wrote:
Kaeru Gaman wrote:you laughed about what I said, I told you not to do that

Rook Zimbabwe · Post by **Rook Zimbabwe** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 7:19 am

Oh no!!! Now we have ALT SMILIES!!!

Morlet Eric · Post by **Morlet Eric** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 11:06 pm

I installed PureBasic a month ago. I love it. It's a jewel.

To get the attention it deserves, PureBasic needs (in my humble opinion):

1) a "Killer Application": a "jaw dropping" app that is awesome and that illustrates the great features of the system.

2) this app should access the Internet.

3) to somehow take distance from "Basic". There are lots of prejudiced people who will reject anything that is related to Basic (they 'll say: "oh yes: Basic = 1964 ... Dartmouth College ... Kemeny & Kurtz. No, thanks"). Perhaps you could offer the same system (a clone) under a new name.
(Organize a contest for the new name selection).

4) annouce an "Education program": offer free/discounted limited versions of the system to the world of Education. They need you, you need them in the long term: students will like the system, use it at home and later introduce it in their work environment.