From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10a146,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: fdb77,c9f2b97a84c48976 X-Google-Attributes: gidfdb77,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-13 15:42:04 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!wn1feed!worldnet.att.net!24.0.0.38!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.java.advocacy Subject: Re: Market pressures for more reliable software References: X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: <%_RV6.88862$%i7.65849566@news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com> Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 22:42:03 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.7.82.199 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com 992472123 24.7.82.199 (Wed, 13 Jun 2001 15:42:03 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 15:42:03 PDT Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8698 comp.lang.java.programmer:76109 comp.lang.java.advocacy:21039 Date: 2001-06-13T22:42:03+00:00 List-Id: >4. Free Software. If it doesn't quite do what you want, you've lost nothing but >your evaluation time. Even better, you have more options than just trying >something else. You can fix it yourself to do what you want, or pay someone else >(preferably someone intamately familiar with the code) to do it for you. "Well of course it doesn't actually drive - the motor's in the back seat. You can cancel your purchase and not pay a dime (other than taxi fare home), or you can install the motor yourself, or you can hire our service department to install it. You couldn't ask for more."