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- From: drw@euler.mit.edu (Dale R. Worley)
- Subject: Re: Predatory marketing
- In-Reply-To: ajackson@ernie.Princeton.EDU's message of Sat, 2 Jan 1993 20:14:38 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan2.201438.24888@Princeton.EDU> ajackson@ernie.Princeton.EDU (Andrew William Jackson) writes:
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- In article <1hbj79INNdur@uwm.edu> markh@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Mark) writes:
- > What would it take to snatch away a sizeable fraction of the market on
- >compilers or operating systems (say, PC-compatible C compilers) from the big
- >guys, working from scratch with nothing but a software development system but
- >unlimited access to innovative talent?
-
- Divine intervention.
-
- God, yes! You just might possibly be able to make a compiler that is
- technically better than the big guys. (But beware that Microsoft
- probably has 100 people working on their C, and a production-quality
- compiler requires a *lot* more dog-work than brilliance to produce.)
- But it get it out in the market is going to require serious $$$ for
- packaging, advertising, etc. If you can't get your compiler into most
- of the software shops in the country, it doesn't matter if it produces
- code that runs 10% faster...
-
- Have you ever worked on a commercial compiler project?
-
- Dale
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