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=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,52a0bacbcdd2da17 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-08-13 20:25:15 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!skynet.be!skynet.be!freenix!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: "Robert C. Leif" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: RE: Realtime/embedded project to help with employment. Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 20:19:37 -0700 Organization: ENST, France Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 1060831513 23345 137.194.161.2 (14 Aug 2003 03:25:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 03:25:13 +0000 (UTC) To: "'Warren W. Gay VE3WWG'" , Return-Path: X-Envelope-From: rleif@rleif.com X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5329 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 In-Reply-To: Thread-Index: AcNiAqoL1r34/L4fTsWcCl78OO67xgABKhkw X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail to news gateway List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:41424 Date: 2003-08-13T20:19:37-07:00 Actually, it is NOT monopoly. Microsoft has had the splendid luck of having really dumb competitors. IBM made Microsoft when it told its customers that they would need Microchannel PCs to run OS/2. IBM was also stupid enough to stay with the Intel 286, with the result that Compact brought out the first 386 PC. WordPerfect gave the word-processing market to Microsoft, when they changed their look and feel for the Windows version of WordPerfect from that of the DOS version. Lotus killed off Improv and did not incorporate any of its functionality into 123. Improv was the only software engineered spreadsheet. Some of the competitors first converted from assembly to C, then to C++, and now to Java. If any one of them had the brains to use Ada, it would have been a real fight. Sun is now sinking because its brilliant marketing of Java did nothing to help its operating system, Solaris, which is still in C and C++. In fact, they have not even replaced the Sparc microprocessor with a J chip. IBM has embraced Java. This will continue them to deserve their nickname Inferior But Marketable. Bob Leif Robert C. Leif, Ph.D. Email rleif@rleif.com -----Original Message----- From: Warren W. Gay VE3WWG [mailto:ve3wwg@cogeco.ca] Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 9:54 AM To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Subject: Re: Realtime/embedded project to help with employment. Marin David Condic wrote: ... > I think it would be more productive to look at what made Micro$oft a > success and learn their strengths and weaknesses if your aim is to kill > Micro$oft. If you really want them to go away, you'll have to become a > good, skilled, knowledgable capitalist to do it. GPL won't kill > Micro$oft. They'll adapt. Thats what businessmen do. You can't stop the > game - just change the rules. > > MDC Their success? M O N O P O L Y -- Warren W. Gay VE3WWG http://home.cogeco.ca/~ve3wwg