>From: Maarten ter Huurne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> >Success is not about what is better/best it is about marketing.
>
>That may be your opinion, but I cannot agree.
>For everything you do you can define success in a different way.
>
>For example for software, you can define success as profit. You can also
>define it as number of users. But maybe you're the happiest if some piece
>of software runs exactly like you want, even if it's only on your very own
>computer. It's a decision any individual or organisation makes for itself.
Just say that microsoft is not successful...come on, who are we fooling...
>
> >And what about all the lockups on my MSX? Vampire Killer, I managed to
>lock
> >my MSX every time I played it (ordinary philips 8250)
>
>And was that the original version?
It sure was...the konami cartridge...
>I had a 128K crack, which locked up very often, but that is the cracker's
>fault, not Konami's.
Isn't that illegal?? ;-)
>
> >that is the essence
> >of software, it is virtually impossible writing bug-free software
> >even for microsoft.
>
>Bug-free software is theoretically possible (you can proove programs are
prove it =) maybe for a program like
1 print"hello world"
but for any other program with branches which are executed according
to the setting of a flag, of which it is not possible to predict at what
time that flag will be toggled, it is not. Examples of such branches are
interrupts. In a multitasking environment this is even worse, there is no
way to predict in what state a program is at any period in time, except
maybe for very simple programs.
Another thing to consider, programs are written by people, people make
errors...it is as simple as that, really.
>correct), but in practice it is too cumbersome to do for whole programs.
>But better quality than Microsoft provides is possible. I actually think
>they can do it better, I bet they just calculated how much writing better
>software would cost and found out that increased sales would not compensate
>for the extra cost.
Correct, that is a marketing decision. Profit/cost analysis.
>
> >You wish you worked for Bill...ha..
>
>If money is your only reason for working... yes.
>Otherwise, there are more rewarding and relaxed jobs.
Well, I argue that the guys who started out at microsoft, had some stock
bonusses, and are now retired at the age of 39 with a couple of million in
their accounts have a very relaxed time...and rewarding...
I saw one of them in a documentary on IT-boomers, he had his own helicopter
platform and of course a matching helicopter and he flew people around for
fun, just because that was his passion... sounds very relaxed...
Greetz,
Jacco
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