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 Hello,

    May I say how much my family enjoys the monthly delivery of "Blue."  It
 is a real pleasure for us all.  I would like to ask though why we never see
 Big Blue programs that encourage the learning of a programming language.
 Apart from that basic quiz some time ago that has been it! That's a shame
 I think.  So many bright programmers on your staff and not one word or
 program to get people involved, it's really surprising to me.  How about it
 Mr. Editor? Many magazine articles try to help with this subject but fail
 many times to get "their" message across because they never seem to ask
 their own mothers if the message is clear.  If they did I would be a
 programmer right now.  I ask therefore if it can be taken into
 consideration for the future.  Come to think of it, you do not sell any
 learning software for Basic or Quickbasic either.  Pity!

    I have one pet peeve with Big Blue and that's your persistent insertion
 of Print Shop images.  I simply do not understand why my purchase of Blue
 helps pay for other people's programs.  Why can't they buy them from the
 software developer, why do you reproduce them? I know it's great for girl
 scouts and all but I do not appreciate them one bit.  It's a darn waste of
 Big Blue!  I have enjoyed the word programs Scramble and Crypto but did
 not like Annasgram, too picky.  Thanks for giving me the means to write to
 you like this, I appreciate it.  Attached is my renewal for twelve months.

^RDerek Hughes.
^REDMONTON, ALBERTA,
^RCANADA


 ^1Thanks for your kinds words about BBD! We try very hard to present a
 ^1disk'o'fun & utility each month.  It's nice to hear from our subscribers
 ^1when we hit the mark.

 ^1On to the questions at hand.

 ^1Programming material:

 ^1We've found that the majority of our users could care less about
 ^1programming their PCs.  They are users who don't want to make the
 ^1programs, they want to use the programs.  If this situation should
 ^1change we will be more than happy to revise our content to include
 ^1programming material.

 ^1Print Shop Images:

 ^1We do not reproduce PS Images, we supply original art from artists
 ^1who would otherwise be unpublished.  You cannot find the art we supply
 ^1anywhere except on the spinning surface of BBD.  The exception to
 ^1this are the scum software pirates who freely pass on the work of others
 ^1without regard for the time and effort that went into bringing their work
 ^1to market.

 ^1Word Puzzles:

 ^1You are going to love WORD LADDERS in this issue.  I've yet to play
 ^1any game like it.

 ^1Your renewal:

 ^1On behalf of the entire BBD staff I want to personally thank you for
 ^1renewing your subscription.  We can think of no greater vote of
 ^1confidence.  We will not let you down!

^RMr. Editor
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