From: David Moore (dm_at_email.domain.hidden)
Date: 2001-08-08 18:44:49
Gerald Hilderink [g.h.hilderink_at_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_at_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,
Director/Chief Engineer R&D,
Incantation systems Ltd.
Northern Ireland Science Park,
Queen's Road,
Queen's Island,
Belfast, BT3 9DT
Email: dm_at_incantationsystems.com
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