> you forgot: "Buy this new PCB. It has new features..." > > Oops, I forgot, for readers of THIS forum, that's what a) put the bread on the table, and b) what fuels all of this upgrade stuff in the first place (not to mention, what goes into that cell phone, automobile, TV, and computer, the last being the forcing function that drives the OS upgrade, to accommodate the new features the PCB brings to the consumer's PC)
"forcing function"? I don't mind forcing functions when they are in equations, but I hate them when they are the reason for upgrades. So much of the upgrade forcing function is needless bloat. In fact, I just got a newsletter from PowerBasic for their new v7.0 Basic compiler for Windows. In the list of new features it has: #BLOAT nexp allows the programmer to create a bloated target program, one which is artificially increased in size to match or exceed that generated by some BloatWare compilers. I am not joking, this was taken from their website. I'm not knocking PowerBasic. To the contrary, they recognize the bloated nature of modern software too. So the question becomes: who generates the bloat in modern software, and why? It is obviously not necessary, since PowerBasic can generate smaller programs. The next version of Protel had better run good on my dual-PIII box... Best regards, Ivan Baggett Bagotronix Inc. website: www.bagotronix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Jenkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 10:17 AM Subject: Re: [PEDA] OS bugs WAS: Problems with schematic annotate function. ************************************************************************ * Tracking #: 4BF3F11570CE9947B191006B59B84AFFA60DBBE5 * ************************************************************************ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
