Re: c++ vs ada results

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From: Mark Friedman
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1991 15:05

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In article <STEVE.91Jun18175519@diana.Advansoft.COM> steve@Advansoft.COM (Steve Savitzky) writes:

   You can have a high-quality product with zero price in the software
   world because the cost to manufacture is also zero.  Development and
   support costs are distributed over the large subset of users who take
   the time to improve the program and share their improvements with the
   rest.  Perhaps somebody can think of a non-software example of this
   phenomenon.

People. Almost zero cost of manufacturing. Development and support
costs distributed over the large (if they're lucky) subset of people
who care about them. 

-Mark
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Mark Friedman
MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab
545 Technology Sq.
Cambridge, Ma. 02139

markf@zurich.ai.mit.edu

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From: markf@zurich.ai.mit.edu (Mark Friedman)
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Subject: Re: c++ vs ada results
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