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From: als@bohra.cpg.oz.au (Anthony Shipman)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Ware Ware Wizardjin ...
Message-ID: <1991Apr11.130926.14834@bohra.cpg.oz.au>
Date: 11 Apr 91 13:09:26 GMT
References: <1991Apr9.001642.13711@ico.isc.com> <177@bria.UUCP> <1991Apr10.181600.20926@decuac.dec.com>
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In article <1991Apr10.181600.20926@decuac.dec.com>, mjr@hussar.dco.dec.com (Marcus J. Ranum) writes:
> industry faced: features VS performance and reliability. Someone, some
> day, is going to play the role of Honda and produce cheap, effective,
> and reliable code in a commodity-mode. How many perfectly good applications

No they won't.  The look-and-feel copyrights, patents etc. will ensure that
only the establishment can write such software.  If newcomers want to they will
have to pay royalties through the nose, ensuring there is no price competition.

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