Date   : Mon, 28 Oct 1985 09:15:00 PST
From   : Alan Bomberger <ACB.COR@OFFICE-1.ARPA>
Subject: Is CP/M dead

I join those who believe in CP/M.  Not that it is the greatest etc, but because
it is functional, simple, and predictable.  I have done some rather 
sophisitcated things for CP/M including POP UP windows and ThinkTank like 
things.  But people are killing it.  The users are killing it.  How?

Simple.  As a commercial CP/M developer and vendor I find that it is nearly 
impossible to find any publication read by the "2 million" CP/M users.  While 
there are many publications that CP/M users read most of them are dominated by 
"IBM" users.  Advertising rates are based on total circulation and thus 
advertising for the 3% of the CP/M readers is prohibitive.  This applies to 
distributors as well who must examine their advertising costs.  So since the 
publishers killed off the likes of Microsystems there is no central place to 
advertise new CP/M software.

I am sorry if that sounds like a very commercial reason and I would surely 
appreciate feedback.  I find it frustrating.  CP/M users should rally behind 
some publication and boost its readership to 500,000 CP/M readers.  That ought 
to create the atmosphere for developers to reach the "2 million" users.