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,be23df8e7e275d73 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-14 04:58:45 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!130.133.1.3!fu-berlin.de!cs.tu-berlin.de!uni-duisburg.de!not-for-mail From: Georg Bauhaus Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Proving Correctness (was Java Portability) Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 11:58:44 +0000 (UTC) Organization: GMUGHDU Message-ID: <9lb3pk$r7q$1@a1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de> References: <9kosp0$dje$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9kpq82$otf$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9krak1$3f4$1@a1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de> <9krjs2$fqb$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9ks3e9$69v$1@a1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de> <9l8n2l$jml$1@a1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de> <9l8o20$8fg$1@nh.pace.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: l1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de X-Trace: a1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de 997790324 27898 134.91.4.34 (14 Aug 2001 11:58:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.uni-duisburg.de NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 11:58:44 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: tin/1.5.8-20010221 ("Blue Water") (UNIX) (HP-UX/B.11.00 (9000/800)) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:11906 Date: 2001-08-14T11:58:44+00:00 List-Id: Marin David Condic wrote: : The reason a company probably won't go for it is that it isn't their core : business & they're not equipped to handle it. (Stick to your knitting!) Yes, and it is both sad and known that these guys very often overlook what the long term effect of this is going to be. I'll have to dig out that book by Mancur Olson again (Logic of Collective Action). : Hence, my best guess is that it will come from garage operations in some : form. Well, quite a few things have started in garages :-)