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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: STL, Ada, C++ (Was Re: The Next Microsoft?)
Date: 2000/05/09
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In article <39182AB3.45A63919@quadruscorp.com>,
  "Marin D. Condic" <mcondic-nospam@quadruscorp.com> wrote:
> Lots of software is never maintained at all. I've heard that
> Micro$oft doesn't generally maintain many applications. They
> write them once, put them on the shelf, then plan on rewriting
> them with a whole bunch of new features. (Obviously, this
> varies depending on the product.)

"I've heard" is remarkably weak authority even by the low
standards of usenet groups. Really I think that posting such
vague accusations is quite unhelpful without at least the
semblance of authority. I am certainly the last person to
accuse Microsoft of practicing state-of-the-art software
engineering techniques in their software quality assurance
and maintenance efforts, but I think a claim that they
"generally don't maintain many applications" is not at all
helpful.


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