Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 17:00:25 -0400 (EDT) From: jack <jack@germanium.xtalwind.net> To: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Gimme FreeBSD anyday! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008301656200.36730-100000@germanium.xtalwind.net> In-Reply-To: <20000830205243.A23746@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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Today j mckitrick wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 29, 2000 at 08:32:20PM +0000, Terry Lambert wrote:
> | > 3. Why doesn't M$ use such a tool to improve code quality? They of all
> | > people have the funds.
> |
> | The tools won't run on Windows platforms; they require big iron.
> | The smallest systems you'll find them on are UNIX engineering
> | workstations with a lot of RAM and a lot of disk.
>
> I mean why not use these tools during the development process, on
> non-windows machines, of course?
Why would they bother? M$ is a marketing company not a
technology company. As long as the masses continue to pay for
their crap in a box they have no incentive to fix or improve it.
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