[gclist] Finalizer flame wars. The real source of the disagreement.

Nick Barnes nickb@harlequin.co.uk
Tue, 14 May 1996 09:47:03 +0100


> Issac Azmov described the solar system as the Sun Jupiter and debris.
> The world of operating systems is MSDOS and debris.

If you consider that the solar system is just the Sun and debris, and
analogize to software $ sales, then MSDOS probably fits the picture.
If you are prepared to add Jupiter (at ~0.1% of solar mass), then your
analogy has to include Win32, MacOS 7, SunOS, MVS, VMS, and probably a
host more.

Nick B