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-Thread: a07f3367d7,e276c1ed16429c03 X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!feeder1-2.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder1-1.proxad.net!ecngs!feeder2.ecngs.de!78.46.240.70.MISMATCH!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!news.mixmin.net!eweka.nl!hq-usenetpeers.eweka.nl!newsfeed101.telia.com!starscream.dk.telia.net!news.tele.dk!feed118.news.tele.dk!dotsrc.org!filter.dotsrc.org!news.dotsrc.org!not-for-mail Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 23:02:46 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Thomas_L=F8cke?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.14) Gecko/20101020 Thunderbird/3.0.9 MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada is getting more popular! References: <4cc4cb65$0$6985$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net> <5086cc5e-cd51-4222-a977-06bdb4fb3430@u10g2000yqk.googlegroups.com> <14fkqzngmbae6.zhgzct559yc.dlg@40tude.net> <8732ea65-1c69-4160-9792-698c5a2e8615@g13g2000yqj.googlegroups.com> <4cc60705$0$23764$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <4cc6753c$0$23756$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <4cc71e08$0$23758$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <4cc87d7a$0$23755$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <4cc912e1$0$23761$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <19rlit851kct1$.db26uwez2yg7$.dlg@40tude.net> <4cc94547$0$23752$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <4cc9bf12$0$23765$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <15lnc6vv8z3hc$.1oi6i03umest8$.dlg@40tude.net> In-Reply-To: <15lnc6vv8z3hc$.1oi6i03umest8$.dlg@40tude.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <4cc9e4f6$0$23758$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> Organization: SunSITE.dk - Supporting Open source NNTP-Posting-Host: 83.91.213.86 X-Trace: news.sunsite.dk DXC=AO^TRj5IdjR5dE91CT5^XYYSB=nbEKnk[`Lj]JVV7UTY1GQX8;5?CnWRED9SjB8:6YQo^8G8>And]YPJ8KRASFJ^ X-Complaints-To: staff@sunsite.dk Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:14914 Date: 2010-10-28T23:02:46+02:00 List-Id: On 2010-10-28 22:18, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote: > Why a motherboard can be discontinued without publishing technical > documentation and software cannot? A motherboard will rarely set you back several $100K. Also with hardware it's simple to just buy as many as you suspect you're going to need in the future. Even if Sun stops producing hardware for my 4270 servers, I can still keep them running for a loooong time, simply because I've bought a load of spare parts. If I run out, there's a good chance I can just switch to another x86_64 platform, without the software ever noticing. Hardware usually does not require educating your staff in usage. It just sits there, behind the scenes. This software is at the frontline; it is being used by actual people on a daily basis. It defines how we service our customers. It is an integral part of our product. The hardware it runs on is not. Software /= hardware. > Why should they? You bought a service, it was terminated. Exactly. Which is why I'll never ever buy closed source software again. > This is normal. I go to the shop and see that the product I used to buy is > no more available. Bad luck. Software update is a product as any other. Dmitry, I don't think we're ever going to agree on this. This is probably due to the fact that I've been burned _badly_ by closed source software twice in my career. I simply don't trust closed source software vendors. Or rather, I don't trust them with my livelihood (or the livelihood of my employees). I'm biased. -- Regards, Thomas L�cke Email: tl at ada-dk.org Web: http:ada-dk.org IRC nick: ThomasLocke