Messages in this thread | | | From | Thorsten Körner <> | Subject | Re: Things that Longhorn seems to be doing right | Date | Thu, 30 Oct 2003 11:27:00 +0100 |
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Hallo Joseph Am Donnerstag, 30. Oktober 2003 02:34 schrieb Joseph Pingenot: > From Neil Brown on Thursday, 30 October, 2003: > >On Wednesday October 29, trelane@digitasaru.net wrote: > >> Regardless, it's an interesting idea, and one which might be > >> fruitful. I give you then two bits: our treatment of the tech > >> and the reality of their tech: > >> 00: ISVAPOR | TAKESEROUSLY > >> 01: ISVAPOR | IGNORE > >> 10: NOTVAPOR | TAKESERIOUSLY > >> 11: NOTVAPOR | IGNORE > >> If we come up with a working implementation and it *is* just > >> vaporware, then we're ahead. > >> We're way ahead. > >> If we merely dismiss it as vaporware and it turns out to be, > >> no net change. > > > >...snip... > > > >> Conclusion: best to take it seriously and work on it; those > >> two cases are the most optimal. > > > >Sounds like the same argument that is used in "Pascal's Wager" > > for belief in God, and I seriously don't think the argument > > works in either case. (note that I'm not making a statement > > about the conclusion in either case, only about the arguement). > > "Sounds like?" Sure. It kind of does, now that you mention it. > > Regradless of the similarities and the validity of Pascal's > argument, my argument, I think, stands. I outlined the four > potential futures. We have control over only one bit, Microsoft > has the other. The tech sounds nice, it is an interesting avenue > to persue, Pascal aside. You are absolutley right. It seems to be more than just an interesting tech. It sounds like a really outstanding idea. And noone should say it's a bad idea, because it's from Microsoft (tm). They have had many good ideas (also many bad implementations of them). > > I don't see any reason why we *shouldn't* look at the problem and > try to do it. What reasons do you see for not persuing the > problem to its inevitible implementation? ACK
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Thorsten
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