24 Dec
2003
24 Dec
'03
4:16 p.m.
On Tue, 23 Dec 2003, Rick Parrish wrote:
Compatibility is a PITA - sort of an ironic footnote
on the ROS list.
[...]
Thanks Mark. At one point, I thought OS/2 was going to
be "it" - boy was
I wrong. It's tough to be in the hardware and software markets while
trying to get other h/w makers to adopt your software.
I guess I should be thankful that I've rarely had to worry about backwards
compatability. Until about 4 months ago I've spent my entire career
designing embedded systems. So I always had both hardware and software
under my control.
And boy do I wish I was back in embedded systems...