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,c6c96fe0302f04f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-08-16 06:17:13 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!kibo.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!pipehawk.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: john.nospam@nospamassen.nospamdemon.co.uk (John McCabe) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: POLL: Would you use Ada more if... Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 13:19:32 GMT Message-ID: <3d5cfb75.17189236@news.demon.co.uk> References: <3d5ce0d6.10373956@news.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: pipehawk.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: pipehawk.demon.co.uk:158.152.226.81 X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 1029503787 nnrp-12:26536 NO-IDENT pipehawk.demon.co.uk:158.152.226.81 X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.21/32.243 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:28099 Date: 2002-08-16T13:19:32+00:00 List-Id: On Fri, 16 Aug 2002 12:33:35 +0000 (UTC), Preben Randhol wrote: >On Fri, 16 Aug 2002 11:25:20 GMT, John McCabe wrote: >> Just for the record, I agree. For many purposes is essential to have >> something tangible such as a CD and installation manual. > >If you buy M$ Office or some other program you don't have any warrenties >nor can you call M$ and complain if something doesn't work. It puzzels >me why accountants/lawyer still think that. I'm not questioning the warranties, but many accountants / lawyers just don't understand computers that well and that software is really intangible - having a CD/box/manual makes it less intangible in their eyes and easier to cope with. For example they can assign it an asset number and put a nice sticker on it so that they can manage depreciation etc.