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- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
- Contacts: Ross M. Greenberg, (212)-889-6431
- Marc Adler, (201)-792-3954
- Greg Comeau, (718)-849-2355
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- THE PROGRAMMER'S CO_OPERATIVE:
- By Programmers and For Programmers
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- April 10, 1988 --- The Programmer's Co_operative, dedicated to providing
- software authors and developers with the unique services they require at
- the lowest prices it can arrange, is opening its doors to new members.
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- Founders Marc Adler, Greg Comeau, and Ross M. Greenberg are three software
- authors who decided it was time to act to resolve problems they discovered
- all software authors faced.
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- "Independent software developers, the one or two person operation, are
- overwhelmed by the costs of providing highly specialized services as they
- need them.", said President Ross M. Greenberg. "We share costs, provide
- marketing and sales services, bring volume discounts on advertising and
- materials, and provide other services our members need."
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- Few software authors have expertise in the diverse fields required to
- market and support a successful product, according to co-founder Marc
- Adler. This makes it difficult and expensive for a new product to be
- introduced or even to appear on the market.
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- "Just producing a single ad and placing it in a national publication can
- cost individual developers more time, effort and money then they can afford
- to spend. We offer each software author the benefit of working with a
- larger organization, of having some clout.", Greg Comeau of Comeau
- Computing pointed out.
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- Members of The Programmer's Co_operative pay a $250 one-time initiation fee
- and a small quarterly membership fee. All Co_op members are entitled to
- use any Co_op services at 10% above Co_op cost. Non-members may use Co_op
- services, as available, at 15-25% above Co_op cost.
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- Among the services the Co_op offers or plans to offer to its members:
- volume advertising discounts on single or multiple inserts, volume
- discounts on production and distribution materials, and distribution and
- fufillment services. The Co_op will also offer catalog sales, marketing and
- PR services, documentation preparation and printing, legal services, and
- postal services such as mail forwarding and bulk rates.
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- The Co_op is now retaining a telemarketing organization to handle sales of
- products produced by Co_op members. According to Greenberg this will allow
- the developers to concentrate on the thing they do best: create quality
- software.
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- "For the first time, even the independent developer can have a chance to
- succeed as we all band together. By programmers and for programmers. That's
- what the Co_op is all about, and why it's working.", Greenberg stated.
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- For more information regarding The Programmer's Co_operative, contact them
- at 594 Third Avenue, New York, New York, 10016