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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Ada is getting more popular!
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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:00:37 +0200
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On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:37:02 +0200, Georg Bauhaus wrote:

> On 10/28/10 11:19 PM, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:

>>  The problem is that vendors have too
>> much power over customers. The only solution I see, is a law enforcing
>> liability to sold software. Open or free source will never solve it.
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No, FREE standards! I find it unacceptable when organizations charge money
for standards.

> Standard protocols, standard languages, standard file formats:
> if these are enforced in a market, they prevent entrepreneurial
> attempts at controlling the customers.

Yes, they became a vehicle for unfair competition, because the software
market was destroyed. That does not imply standards are evil. The monopoly
is.

-- 
Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de