Reliable software (was Thou shalt have no other gods before the ANSI C standard)

From: Andrew Swallow (am.swallow_at_btopenworld.com)
Date: 03/16/05 

Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 23:37:25 +0000 (UTC)

Trevor L. Jackson, III wrote:
[snip]
> You left out the most important qualification: "... for a while." We
> are already seeing the effects of Microsoft(R)'s behavior, not in the
> courts, nor in the behavior of customers, but in the behavior of
> potential partners. There are too many carcasses of pervious
> Microsoft(R) partners for the potential future partners to ignore.

I send email, view websites and newsgroups with two devices.

1. A PC running Windows ME and a browser plus Word documents.
2. A Blackberry mobile phone.

The PC needs restarting everyday.
The Blackberry is connected to the network 24/7 and I cannot remember
when I last switched it off.

Adding a bigger screen, full word processing, games module and a music &
video player to the Blackberry will produce a machine that meets the
computing needs of say three-quarters of the population. Then Microsoft
is in trouble.

>
>>
>> The Communist Part was never about helping the workers. Its aim was
>> to set up a modified version of the feudal system designed to exploit
>> the industrial workers as well as the agricultural workers. By their
>> actions Party Members and many fellow travellers show that they hoped
>> to become the new aristocracy.
>
>
> That intention is not unique to the Communist Party. It afflicts the
> members of every government and the effect increases with time.

Possibly but unless the evil is pointed out people are too forgiving to
their governments.

Andrew Swallow

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