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: 103376,52a0bacbcdd2da17 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-08-13 05:54:38 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!harp.news.atl.earthlink.net!not-for-mail From: Marin David Condic Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Realtime/embedded project to help with employment. Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 08:54:22 -0400 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Message-ID: <3F3A34FE.30607@noplace.com> References: <3F367B39.8060108@noplace.com> <1060611604.45048@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <3F38DEBC.8040208@noplace.com> <78g_a.4373$UB4.3323@nwrdny01.gnilink.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: d1.56.b8.3d Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server-Date: 13 Aug 2003 12:54:37 GMT User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 (OEM-HPQ-PRS1C03) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:41381 Date: 2003-08-13T12:54:37+00:00 List-Id: "Shoddy" or not, Micro$oft must be making *something* that the market likes or they wouldn't be as successful as they are. Hence, it pays to ask "What does Micro$oft provide to the distributors and consumers of its products that make it so successful?" Answer that question and it will provide a guide for those who would compete with them. MDC Wesley Groleau wrote: > Hyman Rosen wrote: > >> and couldn't. MS software isn't at all shoddy. It's just that certain > > > I think you meant "MS software isn't all shoddy" > to which I would reply, "No, not all, only most." > -- ====================================================================== Marin David Condic I work for: http://www.belcan.com/ My project is: http://www.jast.mil/ Send Replies To: m c o n d i c @ a c m . o r g "In general the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to the other." -- Voltaire ======================================================================