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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,345c9fcf5a67a99f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-28 19:37:24 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!psiuk-p2!psiuk-p3!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Re: Microsoft takes on ACT Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 11:50:58 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1022601059 21597 136.170.200.133 (28 May 2002 15:50:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 28 May 2002 15:50:59 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:24896 Date: 2002-05-28T15:50:59+00:00 List-Id: While I'll be the last one to defend Capitalism as always being fair, equitable, ethical or saintly, my observation is this: Capitalism may be a lousy system and full of all sorts of flaws & abuses, but so far I've not heard anyone outline or implement a system that didn't end up worse. Capitalism isn't even a "system" in the sense that nobody sat down in an ivory tower one day and dreampt it up and wrote a manifesto describing it and how everyone should implement it by law. Capitalism is just what people do when you leave them alone. Human freedom in action - complete with the human freedom to do wrong. Maybe we ought to find a way to get this back on topic. :-) MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com wrote in message news:CAFH8.367$JA7.67654820@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com... > > Markets work. > Consideration of the economic characteristics of software production, > and observation of the recent history of information and communication > companies does tend to test one's faith. But all will surely be > resolved by Judgement Day. > Doubting Thomas