** Quoting James Goldbloom to Joe Negron:
JN> What I think you're missing here is that PB has a *big* job
  > competing with Visual Basic (I don't believe PB Windows' sales
  > are doing that well) - the OS/2 market for a BASIC compiler is
  > wide open.
JG> Joe... it's been explained by Dave.
I'm sure Dave is simply attempting to justify PB Inc.'s current policy -
that doesn't mean their current policy is in their best interest (though
I imagine that they think so).
JG> Nobody is doubting there is a needed market.  It's just a matter of
  > priorities and common sense approach to satisfying a larger market
  > first, the Windows crowd.
Nobody is doubting that the Windows market is larger than the OS/2
market.  I, however, *am* doubting that, for PB Inc., at least, that the
Windows market is more *profitable* than the OS/2 market - being a small
fish in an ocean compared to being a big fish in a small pond and all of
that, you know.
JG> I agree with their decision, I can wait.
I don't.  The longer they wait, the greater the risk that another
company will beat them to the punch.  I'm currently researching
something called SoftBridge BASIC (at this point, I don't know a thing
about it, other than it exists).
            --From Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, NY, Sat, 04-13-96--
                --Internet: joe.negron@consultant.com--
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