Re: Delphi 2005 upgrade 2... not recommended

From: Atle Smelvær (zinvob_at_sdf.lonestar.org)
Date: 03/28/05 

Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 21:41:41 +0200

> > It would not be difficult to determine certain criteria for how
> > software would get the "approved" label. We have it already today,
> > for hardware, and it will of course be possible for software too.
> > I would be surprised if for example NASA or the medical industry
> > doesn't already have procedures for approving software, based on
> > certain criteria.
>
> Now look at the $$ cost of developing software for the Space Shuttle or
> satellites, or for any government-mandated software for *anything*, and
> apply that, correspondingly, to the software you need to purchase. You
would
> not be able to afford one copy of Delphi in your lifetime. There would be
no
> independent developers *at all* and only the largest corporations (and
> government) would be able to develop software.

You can't compare that against software that is sold to millions of users.
The special thing is that when software is finished, there is no costs on
each purchase. So if you have a big market, the price is low. And there is
not a big market on a space shuttle.....

-Atle

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