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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no 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: 103376,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-Thread: 1073c2,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid1073c2,public X-Google-Thread: 1158e3,c9f2b97a84c48976 X-Google-Attributes: gid1158e3,public X-Google-Thread: fdb77,c9f2b97a84c48976 X-Google-Attributes: gidfdb77,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-20 11:38:34 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-01!supernews.com!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news1.rdc1.bc.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Roedy Green 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 Organization: Canadian Mind Products Reply-To: roedy@mindprod.com Message-ID: References: <9g7r02$mni$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9g840k$qjt$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <40gfitgrvd8cgu27r3vfib6eptmapb3pfl@4ax.com> <9g8lrk$37c$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B2B6D5E.F9AE7CAB@mail.com> <9gl0sh$9gq$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3b2f40fc$7$fuzhry$mr2ice@va.news.verio.net> <9gnn8m$979$1@nh.pace.co.uk> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 18:38:33 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.76.128.193 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.rdc1.bc.home.com 993062313 24.76.128.193 (Wed, 20 Jun 2001 11:38:33 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 11:38:33 PDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8932 comp.lang.java.programmer:77619 comp.lang.pl1:1105 comp.lang.vrml:3892 comp.lang.java.advocacy:21514 Date: 2001-06-20T18:38:33+00:00 List-Id: On Tue, 19 Jun 2001 10:23:17 -0400, "Marin David Condic" wrote or quoted : > centralized MIS This is different from what is being proposed. Each vendor would look after maintenance and installation of its own software and updates. This is not the same as having it all done by one group. However, to do it securely, you do need a fascist OS that has its finger on the pulse to make sure no app meddles with data and programs it has no business meddling with. For more detail, please look up the key words mentioned in this post in the Java Glossary at: http://mindprod.com/gloss.html -- Roedy Green, Canadian Mind Products Custom computer programming since 1963. Ready to take on new work.