Re: [boost] [home page] Marketing?

From: Jonathan Turkanis (technews_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-02 11:44:25

Bertolt Mildner wrote:
> "David Abrahams" schrieb im Newsbeitrag

>> You don't think we'll draw new users because Scott Meyers has
>> recommended that people familiarize themselves with Boost?
>
> Yes and no!
>
> People get _aware_ of Boost this way.
>
> But they start useing it because it helps them to solve a problem!

I started using boost regex a few years ago after carefully comparing a number
of C++ regex packages. It turns out I picked a pretty good one ;-) But it would
have been a more obvious choice if there had been quotes from Meyers and
Stroustrup on the homepage (I'm not sure I knew who Herb Sutter was back then).

> Bertolt

Jonathan