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Could this be the reason GPL doesn't sell??

Adam

Could this be the reason GPL doesn't sell??

by Adam » Mon, 14 Feb 2000 04:00:00

geeesh, stop being an a-hole.



> > After almost two years of messing with this sim,

> Hmm...  two years ?????? Must had stole an early alpha version ;)

> Whatever the situation, your subject is in no-way related to your message.

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> -- May the Downforce be with you...
> -- http://www.racesimcentral.net/
> -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't
realise
> how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.

ymenar

Could this be the reason GPL doesn't sell??

by ymenar » Mon, 14 Feb 2000 04:00:00


Yeeeesssshhh...

I think people misunderstood the thing.  I just wanted to say that actually
if he spent all that time racing GPL, it's because he's ***ed, even if
it's frustrating.  He bought it, good for him.  It sold extremely well to
the market it aimed for...  And it's people like him, you and me  ;)

--
-- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard>
-- May the Downforce be with you...
-- http://www.racesimcentral.net/
-- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise
how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.

ymenar

Could this be the reason GPL doesn't sell??

by ymenar » Mon, 14 Feb 2000 04:00:00


Like I said.. my post was actually not as a flame whatsoever.  Probably took
the wrong words.  What I wanted to say is that since he took all that time,
it was actually benefitial for him.  Why wouldn't he want to spend all that
time if he didn't liked it ? ;)

The reason GPL did not sell principally to the mainstream market is the
saturation of the *** market, coupled with the era of those Formula 1.
Those quakers just didn't care, which wasn't necessary a bad thing.

--
-- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard>
-- May the Downforce be with you...
-- http://www.racesimcentral.net/
-- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise
how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.

Chuck Kandle

Could this be the reason GPL doesn't sell??

by Chuck Kandle » Mon, 14 Feb 2000 04:00:00



> > Huh??  He's clearly stating an opinion that the difficulty factor in
> > this sim appears to be part of the sales problem with this sim.  In his
> > opinion.  Then he backs up his premise with personal hard numbers & asks
> > for assistance.

> Like I said.. my post was actually not as a flame whatsoever.  Probably took
> the wrong words.  What I wanted to say is that since he took all that time,
> it was actually benefitial for him.  Why wouldn't he want to spend all that
> time if he didn't liked it ? ;)

My apologies then.  It sure sounded like a cranky flame on something
that was obvious on the face of it.  Your meaning must have gotten lost
in the translation from French to English.  ;-)

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David Kar

Could this be the reason GPL doesn't sell??

by David Kar » Mon, 14 Feb 2000 04:00:00

Ooop--my goof.  I only realized there were at least two meanings for what
you had written *after* I sent my own finger-shaking, high-school
librarianized wisecrack.  A lesson learned about overquick reactions . . .

apologies to you and the list !

David K.



> > Oh, come 'on.  That's just a bit over the top, I'd say.
> > --DK

> Yeeeesssshhh...

> I think people misunderstood the thing.  I just wanted to say that
actually
> if he spent all that time racing GPL, it's because he's ***ed, even if
> it's frustrating.  He bought it, good for him.  It sold extremely well to
> the market it aimed for...  And it's people like him, you and me  ;)

> --
> -- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard>
> -- May the Downforce be with you...
> -- http://www.racesimcentral.net/
> -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't
realise
> how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.


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