Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: Official Statement- LLG Board approves new baseline policy

From: "David Barton" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 11:03:56 -0500

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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