On Mon, 02 Nov 2015 18:09:37 +0000, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:

> On 02/11/2015 05:16 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Mon, 02 Nov 2015 13:01:37 +0000, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>>
>>> But hey, Intel invented the Itanium to get away from all that... and
>>> nobody bought it.
>>
>> Heh, yeah, it turns out that people want to be able to use the software
>> they've purchased.
> 
> But all you need to do is run the source code through the other
> compiler...
> 
> ...oh, wait. Somebody in marketing just realised we can charge the
> customer money to buy the software again. *sigh*

Like most software companies do.

And most software that people purchase doesn't come with source code.

Jim



-- 
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and 
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

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