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In article <34nc8t$olr@felix.seas.gwu.edu> mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) writes:

>This "we only do what the customer wants" is typical of government
>contractors, but not of successful business in general, which is smart 
>enough to get off its duff and create customers.

Exactly.  There was hardly a vast unsatisfied need for pet rocks,
hula hoops, and shoes that glow in the dark.  The product was
created first, then the market.  That's how it works in any
mature industrial society, where 90% of new products do not
address basic needs.

Mow about an Ada compiler that glows in the dark and comes with
a free pet rock?