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: 101deb,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-Thread: 1158e3,c9f2b97a84c48976 X-Google-Attributes: gid1158e3,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: fdb77,c9f2b97a84c48976 X-Google-Attributes: gidfdb77,public X-Google-Thread: 1073c2,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid1073c2,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-16 18:38:22 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,ccomp.lang.clarion,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.pl1,comp.lang.vrml,comp.lang.java.advocacy Subject: Re: Market pressures for more reliable software References: <3B2BEA63.34116398@PublicPropertySoftware.com> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 01:38:19 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.7.82.199 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com 992741899 24.7.82.199 (Sat, 16 Jun 2001 18:38:19 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 18:38:19 PDT Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8816 comp.lang.java.programmer:76948 comp.lang.pl1:1067 comp.lang.vrml:3844 comp.lang.java.advocacy:21333 Date: 2001-06-17T01:38:19+00:00 List-Id: >... but if the market is competitive, the price will compensate the >seller only for what is sold and will not saddle the buyer with >additional costs (short-term or long-term) for what is neither wanted >nor needed. ... The justification for market economies is that they >produce a bounty for consumers (buyers). Producers are supposed to >be smart enough to deal with that. And in a situation where the value to a buyer of an item is greater than the value to a producer of supplying that item, there will be an undersupply. In particular, if support and upgrades are free, and don't generate significant advertising, good will, or money to producers, support and upgrades will cease, even if they would be useful to some buyers.