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: 103376,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-18 14:43:43 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!nntp-relay.ihug.net!ihug.co.nz!feeder.via.net!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 Subject: Re: Market pressures for more reliable software References: <9glcks$dvk$1@nh.pace.co.uk> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 21:43:43 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.7.82.199 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com 992900623 24.7.82.199 (Mon, 18 Jun 2001 14:43:43 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 14:43:43 PDT Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8874 Date: 2001-06-18T21:43:43+00:00 List-Id: >... Ford-Detroit decides not to send the source to Ford-England. >Its an internal matter for Ford. The solution is clear: When everything in the world is a subsidiary of Microsoft then all distribution will be purely an internal matter! ;) p.s. That also solves the problem of underproduction of software because the producer cannot appropiate the buyer's full value - if the "buyer" is just another division, then the overall company captures full value.