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=0.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,FREEMAIL_FROM, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c6c96fe0302f04f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-08-16 06:34:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!opentransit.net!proxad.net!noos.fr!teaser.fr!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: Eric Merritt Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: POLL: Would you use Ada more if... Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 06:33:28 -0700 (PDT) Organization: ENST, France Sender: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org Message-ID: Reply-To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 1029504842 96697 137.194.161.2 (16 Aug 2002 13:34:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 13:34:02 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: In-Reply-To: <3d5cfa8e.16958234@news.demon.co.uk> Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.12 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail<->news gateway List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:28102 Date: 2002-08-16T06:33:28-07:00 > If you go to your [large] company's accountat and > say "there you go, > I've spent $1000 on software" and they say, "well, > where is it?" and > you say "it's a file on my PC" what do you think > they're going to say > to that? Hopefully, if they have half a brain, they will ask you to make sure its burned to a CD, then let you handle the matters you are expert in (software) the same way you let them handle the company's accounting. I have had this argument several times with various Bugeteers (I think I just made up a word lol). So far I have always won the arguments on the grounds that I know what I am doing and they just need to let me do it (within reason). How a product is delivered really shouldn't concern an Accountant/Bugeteer beyond the fact that it was delivered. I realize that this will not work for everyone, but companies need to get used to the idea that CDs are going away. Getting a product via download is cheaper for most everyone. Its cheaper for the environment becuase there is no packaging or transporting. Its cheaper for the vendor becuase there is no packaging, warehouses, and associated costs. For the buyer it may not be cheaper but it certainly no more costlier then a CD. I, personally, would much rather have a download then have to wait on snail-mail for a CD. Having the ability to get a product more or less immediatly after the decision to buy it is a major selling point for me. This is one reason that I love open source, if I need something I can find it download it and start using it to solve my problems in a few minutes total. This would not be possible using the more traditional software vending practices. Oh well, thats my opinion. Take it or leave it as desired. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com