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From: jerry@jvdsys.nextjk.stuyts.nl (Jerry van Dijk)
Subject: Re: MicroSoft to purchase Aonix?
Date: 1997/06/05
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Date: 1997-06-05T00:00:00+00:00
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In article <JSA.97Jun2172640@alexandria> jsa@alexandria writes:
>
>In article <865101014.29snx@jvdsys.nextjk.stuyts.nl>> jerry@jvdsys.nextjk.stuyts.nl (Jerry van Dijk) writes:
>
>> 1. Ada is not like Betamax since it is currently available on almost all
>>    relevant hardware platforms;
>
>The primary reason why Ada is not like Betamax, is Ada is _not_ an
>enduser "commodity" and Betamax is (was...)  This comparison is a
>_category error_, and hence not just "wrong", but rather completely
>meaningless in the context.

That was the point, but I admit I was trying to be a bit too subtle :-)

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