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>>>OTOH, does this have to do with Whil's decision? No. It has to do with a shrinking market, as discussed in this thread. They are only comments on why I think that ebooks will not make enough revenue.
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>>Shrinking market... Well, I think what we've seen so far will be peanuts compared to that what will happen if we no longer produce (updates of) (e-)books.
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>Peter, are you suggesting that books about VFP drive the market for VFP? I cannot imagine that any person in this forum starting using VFP becuase they saw/read a book about it. They use VFP because VFP rocks. Not because of books about it.
Jos, no I'm not suggesting that books drive the market. But it will be interpreted as a signal. Imagine the newspapers: "Books no longer produced for vfp market". What do you think that will come to the readers' minds?
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