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In an issue of Amiga Mail, I proposed the formation of the Amiga Developer's
Coop, kind of a way to maximize a developer's exposure to the outside world
while minimizing his cash outlay.  The idea was to get together a catalog,
consisting of one page per product, and then placement of an ad here and
there letting users send (micro-bucks) for a copy of the catalog.  Thus
the ads get directly to the user who is interested in what is available
outside the normal commercial realm and developers who did not have a
track record might get enough direct responses from users (and reviews
of that software, if only word of mouth) to perhaps finally interest
a distributor in carrying the software.  And with the catalog directing
the user directly to the developer, it would have left maximum profit
and customer support in the developer's hands, leaving the "Co-op"
out of the loop other than as a facilitator in the first place.

As of today (over 4 months since the proposal appeared [Sept/Oct 
issue I believe], I received a total of three responses from interested 
developers and am therefore (reluctantly) declining to pursue it any 
further.  I guess those that have written for the Amiga market are finding 
no problem getting distribution and don't need to participate in any such 
venture.  I guess I was wrong... (sigh), so be it.

Rob Peck