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From: jsa@alexandria (Jon S Anthony)
Subject: Re: MicroSoft to purchase Aonix?
Date: 1997/06/02
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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.

/Jon
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