On 10/20/2014 04:57 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
Anton Aylward composed on 2014-10-20 16:24 (UTC-0400):
engineers are getting better at making 'lifetime' one of the design specifications.
Reputation doesn't seem to matter as much as it used to. Companies absorb each other, and names disappear. Even big companies are wont to change names "to get with the times", create a "new" image, or whatever. Remember Goldstar electronic products from 20 or so years ago? Wachovia Bank from 7 years ago? Master Charge? BankAmericCard? Cities Service? Pure Oil? St Petersburg Times? TWA? Borland? WordPerfect? Lotus?
Try a few names out of Canada or the UK :-0 Also, you might care to read "In search of Stupidity" http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Stupidity.html Rick's site is at http://www.insearchofstupidity.com/ and the front page makes for interesting reading. Visit the museum of stupidity. He mentions Micropro. Read "Once upon a time in Computerland". Many of us here lived though the era Rick describes, the 1980s and 90s when Microsoft was just another player. If that grabs your interest you can read it online at http://os24.org/files/a-z/dynamics/Merrill_R_Chapman-In_Search_of_Stupidity-... -- The future is taking shape now in our own beliefs and in the courage of our leaders. Ideas and leadership -- not natural or social 'forces' -- are the prime movers in human affairs. - George Roche, A World Without Heroes -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org