[sargstuff]

Hire someone with sales/marketing experience, ASAP.

What type(s) of dev teams? sales, marketing, etc. Ah, ok end of 2nd sentence -> developers.

Why would someone develop NEW SDK for a 80's c64 commodore for sale reps when current stuff is supported/understood by by both in-house IT, sales reps and management.

[sargstuff]

Commodore 64 emulation under raspberry pi would allow for running off battery, make it poratable, and allow for using internet interface & modern storage devices.

All of which wouldn't change the groups understanding of how to use the old SDK.

With extra resources on pi, would be able to port everything over to open source version of VMS & use non-monochromatic terminals! (perhaps even emulate the c64 under openvms and slowly roll out port behind scenes)

[e_zr]

For sure. I agree that marketing is super important for them... They're focused on Front-end development teams. Helping the workflow between designers, PMs and developers work faster and better.

[sargstuff]

Yes, but having reader work to figure out basic overview information is quickest way to generate negative information. (even more so when consider product is designed to generate clear/better/faster communication).

Given a stack of academic papers, what would the typical reader do if had a choice between a) read a paper & develop an introduction/abstract before deciding if paper is worth time to read or b)move on to paper(s) with introduction/abstract spend 0 time the paper without an abstract/introduction.

Someone with sales/marketing background (friend, google advice) would be aware of things such as https://www.questionpro.com/blog/beta-testing-community/

Recommended hire or see a consultant with suitable background, because then can assess if there are conflicts (aka competitor) with advice being given before potentially waisting time on a suggestion(s).

Yes, even if end product will be open source.

[sargstuff]

Now, would just having a link to go see what can do with SDK been as interesting a read?