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From: "Chad R. Meiners" <crmeiners@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: ada to C++ translation
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 14:58:24 -0500
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"Ira D. Baxter" <idbaxter@semdesigns.com> wrote in message
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>
> If you remember BetaMax VCRs, they were technically
> better than VHS.  But the only VCR survivors
> made the arguably rational business decision to go with VHS.
>

Please search Google groups in comp.lang.ada for Dr. Dewar's argument why
the Beta vs. VHS analogy is not well formed.

-CRM