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From: "Edward F. Shea III" <eshea@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>
Subject: Re: profitability of software & market share 
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On 26 Oct 1995, EndUser wrote:

> the cost to produce software will remain the same, and probably get 
> higher over time due to the increases in complexity of what must be 
> made.  but the platform wars are being reduced to modular architectures 
> that will enable software providers to make their products in pieces 
> that will run on all platforms that conform to the CHRP, or like 
> technolgy standards.  thus, the fact that opendoc will enable opendoc 
> pieces to run on both the windows and mac machines, lets developers get 
> away from the olden days modes of cross compilers or settling for one 
> market versus another.
> 
> 
> 
> 
But how long til we get to Nirvana - a truly modular kernel, etc.  Does 
Apple have the time to wait without becoming a takeover target?  Will IBM 
try to solve their problems by buying up Apple?  Just some thoughts to 
ponder.   

Ed Shea
eshea@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us

