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Bob Walkden wrote:
> 'Such people' have to make a living. I have been one of these people, and
> now I'm one of the bosses. We have 80 developers working for us. If we
> introduced BB, much as I'd like to, we would have to find or train 80 BB
> developers who would also be prepared to maintain the legacy software, and
> who would not be able to find another BB job anywhere. It's not going to
> happen. This sort of thing needs a lot of critical mass and BB has missed
> the boat, until Microsoft decide to adopt it. When do you think that will
> be? The best that we can hope for is that enough Wirthians enter Microsoft
> Research to spread the spirit of Oberon from within.
>
> Bob
>
What language(s) are you using and what is the software domain?
Your email has web-options.com so I assume you are web oriented.
Is that correct? Do you do any standalone application development
that runs on the desktop?
-Doug Danforth
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