From dlb@patriot.net Thu Dec 05 08:05:25 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: dlb@patriot.net X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_0); 5 Dec 2002 16:05:25 -0000 Received: (qmail 81116 invoked from network); 5 Dec 2002 16:05:25 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m8.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 5 Dec 2002 16:05:25 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO jefferson.patriot.net) (209.249.176.3) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 5 Dec 2002 16:05:24 -0000 Received: from mauve (edaptive.com [64.56.105.74]) (authenticated bits=0) by jefferson.patriot.net (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id gB5G5M94028827 for ; Thu, 5 Dec 2002 11:05:24 -0500 Message-ID: <06e301c29c77$ee5c68b0$3202a8c0@mauve> To: References: <5.2.0.9.0.20021205085137.0330a880@pop.east.cox.net> Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: Official Statement- LLG Board approves new baseline policy Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 11:03:56 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_06E0_01C29C4E.01821680" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 From: "David Barton" X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=99343372 X-Yahoo-Profile: davelbarton ------=_NextPart_000_06E0_01C29C4E.01821680 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Just one data point. Lojbab writes: It is possibly higher than that, since I believe that JCB sold 1000-2000 books. (The first printing of 3rd edition sold out quickly, but I can't remember whether it was 500 or 1000. The 2nd printing was 2000 and it=20 never came close to selling out. But then, in 30 years, some people have= died. More than that (i.e., the number of folks that should be "struck off" that = list is more than the number of people that have died), since some of them = bought the Loglan books and then decided to participate in the Lojban effor= t (me, for one). The number of purchasers of the Loglan books does not par= tition the larger Loglan community; some looked at Loglan, even to the poin= t of buying the books, and stayed with Lojban. Dave Barton ------=_NextPart_000_06E0_01C29C4E.01821680 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Just one data point.

Lojbab writes:

It=20 is possibly higher than that, since I believe that JCB sold=20 1000-2000 books. (The first printing of 3rd edition sold out qui= ckly,=20 but I can't remember whether it was 500 or 1000. The 2nd printin= g was=20 2000 and it never came close to selling out. But then, in 30 ye= ars,=20 some people have died. More than that (i.e., the number of folks that should be "stru= ck=20 off" that list is more than the number of people that have died), since som= e of=20 them bought the Loglan books and then decided to participate in the Lojban= =20 effort (me, for one). The number of purchasers of the Loglan books do= es=20 not partition the larger Loglan community; some looked at Loglan, even to t= he=20 point of buying the books, and stayed with Lojban. Dave Barton

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