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: 103376,1ea92c0e5255811d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-03-04 08:59:09 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!news.algonet.se!algonet!newsfeed1.bredband.com!bredband!uio.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Way OT: Adam Smith and Software Markets Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 16:59:09 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: <3vo86vk60e69shjgqdbpp6e5pb8qfop3hr@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1046797149 25368 129.241.83.78 (4 Mar 2003 16:59:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 16:59:09 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:34864 Date: 2003-03-04T16:59:09+00:00 List-Id: Frank J. Lhota wrote: > "Preben Randhol" wrote in message > news:slrnb69j5t.13o.randhol+news@kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no... >> What has really happened the last say 5 years in software? > > Off the top of my head, I'd say XML, SOAP and the rise of Linux. Not a bad 5 > years. Linux started 12 years ago and isn't exactly a product of the software industry as such. Besides it is a reinvention (more or less) of the 30 year old UNIX. However that IBM and others are playing this card now is one thing. As to XML I find it to be more hype than buzz and IMHO it is something which is quite banal. A similar invention in another more mature industry would probably not been considered a step forward. It is not easy to compare one industry to another. You can look at industries like off-shore oil drilling and see how much has happend there the last 30 years, quite a lot actually. Or the fish farming industry the last 10 years. The bio industry etc... The reason why software is considered to have changed so much is that it has made a huge impact on the lives of many people, IMHO. But I still have problem seeing that a lot of brand new things are happening. -- () Join the worldwide campaign to protect fundamental human rights. '||} {||' http://www.amnesty.org/