From: jsa@alexandria (Jon S Anthony)
Subject: Re: MicroSoft to purchase Aonix?
Date: 1997/05/30
Date: 1997-05-30T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <JSA.97May30190157@alexandria> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 5mkgrl$akp@ion1.ionet.net
In article <5mkgrl$akp@ion1.ionet.net> mbates@ionet.net (Mike D Bates) writes:
> Anyone have any good __evidence__ that counters these arguments? (And
> yes, I've been to www.adahome.com, but a lot of the info on commercial
The technical "arguments" such as they are, per usual, are simply
incorrect. I'm sure you already know this.
The social "arguments" such as they are, per usual, are set up to be
self-fulfilling.
I'd say you are screwed. And by implication, those of us affected by
this decision will get screwed (in some degree).
The software biz is much more like pop music than engineering. Fads
rule. Glossy banality is the key to "success".
Would any other technical area dismiss a technique, process, tool,
whatever, that would give them a leg up in producing their product
because it is not used by the competition? Quite to the contrary.
Make no mistake - this attitude is one of the primary reasons why
software is such a laggard compared to any kind of hardware - even
"Ronco-ware" is better than most software.
/Jon
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Jon Anthony
Organon Motives, Inc.
Belmont, MA 02178
617.484.3383
jsa@organon.com
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Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-05-29 0:00 MicroSoft to purchase Aonix? Mike D Bates
1997-05-29 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1997-05-30 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-05-29 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)
1997-05-29 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
1997-05-30 0:00 ` Robert B. Love
1997-05-30 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony [this message]
[not found] ` <01bc6c71$0d641ba0$220b6dce@my-pc.neosoft.com>
1997-05-30 0:00 ` Dale Pontius
1997-05-30 0:00 ` jim hopper
1997-05-30 0:00 ` Scott Stallcup
1997-05-31 0:00 ` Steve Doiel
1997-05-31 0:00 ` Jerry van Dijk
1997-06-02 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-06-05 0:00 ` Jerry van Dijk
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1997-05-30 0:00 gilbert prine
1997-05-31 0:00 ` Mike D Bates
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