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On 6/8/2013 10:02 PM, Hugh Aguilar wrote:
> On Jun 6, 1:46 pm, rickman<gnu...@gmail.com>  wrote:
>> On 6/5/2013 11:01 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:
>>
>>> Everbody recognizes Mr. Moore
>>
>>> i'd like to say *THANK YOU* to
>>> Ms. Rather
>>> and
>>> Mr. Pelc
>>
>> I'll second that and while we are at it I'd like to add Alex McDonald to
>> the list.  I use Win32Forth nearly everyday... or at least the days I
>> actually make money.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Rick
>
> I very much doubt that Rickman (the "Phantom") is making money writing
> Forth code (the GUI generator in Win32Forth is so bug-ridden that it
> crashes every time, which would make professional work difficult).
> AFAIK, the only people on comp.lang.forth who have ever made money
> from Forth, are Elizabeth Rather, Stephen Pelc, and myself.
>
> There is also the strange case of Mark Wills, who is selling a Forth
> cartridge for the TI99/4A. When I said above, "make money from Forth,"
> I meant in the real-world --- hobbyist projects don't count, even if
> you can find other hobbyists who will buy your stuff. A lot of
> hobbyist systems have the *potential* of being professional systems
> --- but until this is actually done at least once, then the system
> doesn't count as a professional system.
>
> Other than myself, who has ever been paid significant money for
> writing Forth code that got used in a real-world product? This would
> be a product that competes legitimately against similar C-based
> products, and which has some kind of value to customers who don't care
> whether it is Forth or C internally (by this standard, a wristwatch
> with a Forth interpreter wouldn't count, as that is just a weird doo-
> dad). By "significant money" I mean enough to live on --- getting paid
> a one-time fee of $300 is somewhat noteworthy, but unless you can do
> this repeatedly and consistently it is not professional work.
>
> If nobody is making any money, then what exactly are you thankful for?

You have no clue most of the time... wait, I shouldn't disqualify the 
possibility of your having no clue *all* of the time.

I already said what I am using forth for.  Are you calling me a liar or 
do you not read?

-- 

Rick

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THANK YOU Richard Owlett <rowlett@pcnetinc.com> - 2013-06-05 22:01 -0500
  Re: THANK YOU "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2013-06-05 19:08 -1000
    Re: THANK YOU Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-06-06 00:10 -0700
    Re: THANK YOU Brad Eckert <hwfwguy@gmail.com> - 2013-06-06 16:01 -0700
  Re: THANK YOU stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2013-06-06 11:19 +0000
  Re: THANK YOU rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-06-06 16:46 -0400
    Re: THANK YOU "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnotq.cpm> - 2013-06-06 23:28 -0400
      Re: THANK YOU rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-06-07 18:07 -0400
    Re: THANK YOU Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2013-06-07 03:27 -0700
      Re: THANK YOU anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-06-07 11:44 +0000
        Re: THANK YOU Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2013-06-07 14:16 -0700
      Re: THANK YOU rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-06-07 18:11 -0400
        Re: THANK YOU visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2013-06-08 21:37 -0700
          Re: THANK YOU rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-06-09 14:42 -0400
          Re: THANK YOU Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-06-11 00:51 -0700
            Re: THANK YOU rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-06-11 20:57 -0400
              Re: THANK YOU Hugh Aguilar <hughaguilar96@yahoo.com> - 2013-06-11 18:12 -0700
                Re: THANK YOU rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-06-11 23:27 -0400
              Re: THANK YOU Hugh Aguilar <hughaguilar96@yahoo.com> - 2013-06-17 00:04 -0700
            Re: THANK YOU Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2013-06-12 00:22 -0700
        Re: THANK YOU Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2013-06-09 03:59 -0700
    Re: THANK YOU Hugh Aguilar <hughaguilar96@yahoo.com> - 2013-06-08 19:02 -0700
      Re: THANK YOU rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-06-09 14:45 -0400
      Re: THANK YOU "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnotq.cpm> - 2013-06-10 16:54 -0400
        Re: THANK YOU "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2013-06-10 11:33 -1000
          Re: THANK YOU "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnotq.cpm> - 2013-06-11 19:50 -0400
            Re: THANK YOU Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-06-12 00:58 -0700
              Re: THANK YOU Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2013-06-12 01:08 -0700
                Re: THANK YOU Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-06-12 01:16 -0700
              Re: THANK YOU "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnotq.cpm> - 2013-06-17 20:27 -0400
                Re: THANK YOU Elizabeth D Rather <erather@forth.com> - 2013-06-17 14:29 -1000
        Re: THANK YOU Hugh Aguilar <hughaguilar96@yahoo.com> - 2013-06-11 17:25 -0700
          Re: THANK YOU "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnotq.cpm> - 2013-06-17 21:19 -0400
            Re: THANK YOU "WJ" <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> - 2013-06-18 02:05 +0000
              Re: THANK YOU Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2013-06-17 21:27 -0700
                Re: OT was, [Re: THANK YOU] "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnotq.cpm> - 2013-06-18 21:34 -0400
            OT Re: THANK YOU albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2013-06-18 14:53 +0000
      Re: THANK YOU Brad Eckert <hwfwguy@gmail.com> - 2013-06-10 14:11 -0700
        Re: THANK YOU rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-06-10 19:08 -0400
          Re: THANK YOU <fred@example.com> - 2013-06-11 13:02 +0100
            Re: THANK YOU albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2013-06-11 12:49 +0000
      Re: THANK YOU Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-06-11 00:44 -0700
        Re: THANK YOU Hugh Aguilar <hughaguilar96@yahoo.com> - 2013-06-11 18:08 -0700
          Re: THANK YOU Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-06-12 01:14 -0700
            Re: THANK YOU "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2013-06-12 08:03 -1000
            Re: THANK YOU Hugh Aguilar <hughaguilar96@yahoo.com> - 2013-06-12 18:09 -0700
              Re: THANK YOU albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2013-06-13 10:45 +0000
                Re: THANK YOU Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-06-13 03:53 -0700
                Re: THANK YOU "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2013-06-13 07:37 -1000
                Re: THANK YOU Hugh Aguilar <hughaguilar96@yahoo.com> - 2013-06-13 19:01 -0700
                Re: THANK YOU "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnotq.cpm> - 2013-06-17 20:12 -0400
              Re: THANK YOU rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2013-06-15 11:45 -0400
              Re: THANK YOU "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnotq.cpm> - 2013-06-17 20:25 -0400
  Re: THANK YOU Joshua Litt <jalitt@gmail.com> - 2013-06-06 18:49 -0700
  Re: THANK YOU Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2013-06-07 14:19 -0700

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