[Sussex] From last nights conversation

[Geoff Teale]

Steve wrote:
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> But isn't this just human nature?  Everyone believes that their
> world view is the only sensible one.  This is amazing to me
> because it is so obvious that I'm right and you all are wrong :-)

Well, yes, this is exactly the point, I was just stating the obvious because
I felt it needed to be slightly more obvious.

> Is this a good example or is this just another case of Microsoft
> bashing (this time by former employees)?  

Possibly, I have no reason to believe them, but the evidence is that
Microsoft have been trying to kill off NT4 for some time now - this is
normal business practice, no problem with that.

>There have been a number
> of time I've found bugs in my companies (and mine) code that has
> required a major re-structuring to fix.  There may be some spin here
> my Microsoft in that the resources needed to fix it is not economic.

Which is exactly my point.  I don't blame Microsoft for not fixing it - it
isn't in their interest to do so - but their mechanisms mean they are the
only people who could possibly fix it.  I know of two Psycho-acoustics
specialists who are funding development of Open Source BeOS clones because
it is more effective for them to look for a future for BeOS than it is for
them to redevelop their software on a different platform.  For Windows NT
there are probably a few thousand companies in similar situations -
currently they don't have a choice because there needs are not met by the
vendor (because it doesn't mkae sense for the vendor), open source would not
have left them in that position.

I won't argue that every company is in this position, they simply aren't,
and I wouldn't argue that every Linux user is a kernel hacker, because
equally they aren't - but from a customers point of view the extra option is
always a positive thing.

-- 
geoff.teale at claybrook.co.uk
tealeg at member.fsf.org

If God is perfect, why did He create discontinuous functions?

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