On 20-Sep-12 14:14, Tony Hain wrote: >> Predicting the (f)utility of starting multi-year efforts in the present for >> future benefit is self-fulfilling. > To some degree yes. In this particular case, why don't you personally go out > and tell all those people globally (that have what they consider to be > perfectly working machines) that they need to pay for an upgrade to a yet to > be shipped version of software ...
In many cases, particularly embedded devices, the vendor may have gone out of business or ceased offering software updates for that product, in which case customers would have to pay to /replace/ the products, not just upgrade them--for no benefit to themselves. Good luck with that. That's why the 240/3 idea was abandoned years ago, and nothing has changed since then. S -- Stephen Sprunk "God does not play dice." --Albert Einstein CCIE #3723 "God is an inveterate gambler, and He throws the K5SSS dice at every possible opportunity." --Stephen Hawking
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