On 10 Mar 2005 at 23:41, Robert Patterson wrote: > From: David W. Fenton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > It's *possible*, but there is absolutely no evidence available to > > suggest that it is likely, let alone certain, as you assert. > > On the contrary, I speak with absolute certainty, because I have > forever on my side. It is virtually certain that all currently running > software will be unable to run, and all current software companies > will be gone within, say, 4 billion years. Personally, I would not be > surprised to see at least the former (in large majority) within a > couple of decades.
Well, now you are changing the terms of the debate. You said: > Some day MS will introduce exactly what you described [a version of > Windows that completely breaks large numbers of apps]. Or else they > will go out of business or morph into something else. Forever is a > very long time, and 10-15 years in the computer business is nearly as > long as forever. If MS no longer exists, then MS can *not* introduce a version of Windows that breaks existing apps. If MS stops producing Windows, then they won't be producing any new versions of Windows that break existing apps because they won't be producing Windows at all. You, yourself, said that 10-15 years was practically forever in software terms, and I agree. And in those terms, Microsoft has managed to maintain reasonable backward compatibility "forever." This is twice now that you've attempted to completely change the terms of discussion. I expect more honest debate from someone like you, Robert. -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
