[sdiy] Marketplace Question

[Bernard Arthur Hutchins, Jr]

David G Dixon dixon at mail.ubc.ca Thu Nov 5 01:41:03 CET 20:
      and the owner is unwilling to sell fresh copies,
      doesn't want to sell it,
{ BERNIE: “unwilling to” and “doesn't want to” where instead “is unable to” is more consistent with all facts.  Ignorant assumptions – insensitive and disrespectful. }
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Gordonjcp gordonjcp at gjcp.net  Thu Nov 5 12:56:19 CET 2020:
Why would you need as many as 100 people?
{  BERNIE: ask Jimmy and those on the MW thread:
              Jimmy Moore jamoore84 at gmail.com Tue Nov 3 18:53:43 CET 2020
            100 people typing out 65 pages each doesn't sound all that bad.
            Even if it were 10,000 hours, 100 people contributing 100 hours each spread over something like 1 year sounds... completely reasonable.    }
{ back to Gordon} You've heard of this "Linux" thing, right?
      [BERNIE: Relevance to issue here is what?}
Okay, so what do you actually want?
{BERNIE: based on the top item in this thread, I asked Ben if I could send people looking for used EN to the Marketplace here. He said YES.  I asked for nothing else.}
Are you happy enough with the status quo where people sell on the only existing copies of Electronotes?
{BERNIE:    There are roughly 4500 copies!  Good grief!}
Do you want more people to read it?
{BERNIE:  I want more people  to learn  from it, not  just  to COLLECT it and then to suppose  they know  the material.  And to not complain that  a no-effort path (one click and FREE) is being withheld.}
Given that it seems to be one of the most jealously hoarded collections of documentation going, and I've never even seen what's in it, why would I bother to fork out hard cash for a tatty old second- or third- or fourth-hand copy?
{BERNIE: never even seen?  1/3 is free online!  “Tatty old” reeks of style-over-substance   }
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BrightBoy jdec at mindspring.com Thu Nov 5 17:54:18 CET 2020:
I just had another idea in chatting with another SDIY member on FB.  Perhaps Bernie should donate the entire EN collection to the Audio Engineering Society (AES)  I can't imagine them turning that away and would want to see it archived.
{BERNIE:   I can’t imagine them not sending a polite “No Thanks You” – after they stop laughing . }
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2020-11-05 o 05:20, BrightBoy:

> He's at least 72.{BERNIE: try 75]
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> He could die of Covid-19 at a moments notice. { BERNIE: or get hit by a bus}
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> Does he have doomsday plan for Electronotes?  {BERNIE: if it’s doomsday – who cares!}
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> Also, why isn't he selling paper copies right now?  {BERNIE : It’s Chronic Lyme if it’s any of your business.}
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> I don't see an explanation other than assumed/implied covid concerns. {BERNIE: If you took the trouble to consider the particular timing you would see that your assumption,  like all assumptions, involves the risk of appearing foolish.}

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