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 X-Google-Thread: 103376,3cd3b8571c28b75f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-08-25 01:14:53 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net!washdc3-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!ngpeer.news.aol.com!newsfeed1!bredband!uio.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: A Customer's Request For Open Source Software Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 08:02:50 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: <3F44BC65.4020203@noplace.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1061798570 2319 129.241.83.78 (25 Aug 2003 08:02:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 08:02:50 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:41836 Date: 2003-08-25T08:02:50+00:00 List-Id: Marin David Condic wrote: > You've pretty much gotten by with off-the-shelf software. Was it tough > to find everything you needed in the open-source world? > Yeah, there are some things that are tough to find, like payroll > software. We found something, and it works well. But the developers need > to start writing the real-world applications people need to run a > business...engineering, art and design tools, that kind of > stuff...They're all trying to build servers that already exist and do a > whole bunch of stuff that's already out there...I think there's a lot of > room to not just create an alternative to Microsoft but really take the > next step and do something new. Amen! -- �I think fish is nice, but then I think that rain is wet. So who am I to judge.� - The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radioplay)