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  • Subject: Re: Software Vendors
  • From: Jim Langston <jlangston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 11:34:26 -0800
  • Organization: Conex Global Logistics Services, Inc.

You didn't read it the same way I did, I think.  To me, absolutely
paramount means they make it their number one goal.  That the
company's number one goal is to make perfect software.

Whether they do make perfect software or not is a different story,
but that is what they should strive for.

Regards,

Jim Langston

boothm@earth.goddard.edu wrote:

> Based upon that premise then, IBM would be the first to go, quickly
> followed by all UNIX systems, then by Microsoft, Apple, and Sun.  Your own
> company would be the only company still in business.  Tell me, what sort
> of operating system will your company be offering?  Will it run on
> Pentiums, 5251 terminals, and Apple ]['s?  What about communications and
> languages? Will your software be limited to a few hundred languages or
> will it operate in all known languages, including the pictograph
> languages?  Will it correctly convert all measurements, including
> furlongs/eon to centimeters/fortnight?

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