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: 103376,52a0bacbcdd2da17 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-08-13 10:00:48 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!cyclone.bc.net!news-in.mts.net!nf1.bellglobal.com!nf2.bellglobal.com!news20.bellglobal.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Realtime/embedded project to help with employment. References: <3F367B39.8060108@noplace.com> <1060611604.45048@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <3F38DEBC.8040208@noplace.com> <78g_a.4373$UB4.3323@nwrdny01.gnilink.net> <3F3A34FE.30607@noplace.com> In-Reply-To: <3F3A34FE.30607@noplace.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 12:52:50 -0400 NNTP-Posting-Host: 198.96.223.163 X-Complaints-To: abuse@sympatico.ca X-Trace: news20.bellglobal.com 1060793556 198.96.223.163 (Wed, 13 Aug 2003 12:52:36 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 12:52:36 EDT Organization: Bell Sympatico Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:41401 Date: 2003-08-13T12:52:50-04:00 List-Id: Marin David Condic wrote: > "Shoddy" or not, Micro$oft must be making *something* that the market > likes or they wouldn't be as successful as they are. Hence, it pays to > ask "What does Micro$oft provide to the distributors and consumers of > its products that make it so successful?" Answer that question and it > will provide a guide for those who would compete with them. > > MDC M$ has the enviable position of being able to release buggy software, and then get everyone to pay again for the bug fixes. The bug fix releases of course include new features, which come complete with a new chain of bug fixes in the making, which are coming down the pipe... which you'll shell out for again... ;-) -- Warren W. Gay VE3WWG http://home.cogeco.ca/~ve3wwg