From dm@incantationsystems.com Sun Oct 31 15:49:10 2004
From: David Moore <dm@incantationsystems.com>
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Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 18:44:49 +0100
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Gerald Hilderink [g.h.hilderink@home.nl] wrote

 >I have learned that if you go with the flow of success of other 
 >products you can profit from it, even if the technology is not 
 >superior. If your product contributes in *improving* this 
 >technology then people will choose to use your product.

Hang on.

There are two very distinct models.

(1) Enhancing existing tools (as per your point Gerald) and
    which is dangerously close to a *dumb* software outsourcing model

 but also,

(2) Creating innovative superior technology (tools).

Any healthy market should support both. 

To illustrate (2)
The hardware guys did not forever dwell in making CISC better
why should software be different? They went off and did Vectors,
RISC, VLIW etc.

<Lawrence Dickson [tjoccam@crash.cts.com] wrote>

 >I'm with Ian East and Jim Davies: create a great set of tools and 
 >give them away.

I disagree have you ever seen hardware guys give away any free 
hardware on such a similar scale? Be realistic. 
Massive promotion of free software occurs every time there's an
Antitrust case. Free software is not a valid business model.



David Moore,
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