Re: National Labs, Fortran, and free compilers

From: Jan C. Vorbrüggen (jvorbrueggen_at_mediasec.de)
Date: 11/28/03 

Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 11:08:58 +0100

> The bottom line is of course the only thing important. It costs more to
> have to support multiple platforms. More training, more integration
> headaches.

No, the next quarterly report and analyst conference is the only thing
important - the future of the company be damned. As seen in a well-known
- hell, the world's largest - market near you in the past few years.

Monocultures are always "cheaper" and "cost less". But their fragility
will, at some future point, cost you dearly, if not your life.

        Jan

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