Gloom

Andrew Gideon wrote:
On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 19:07:22 -0700, Jay Honeck wrote:

concluded that General Aviation is no longer worth
pursuing

This may not have been decided quite as simplistically as you seem to
feel. Perhaps the conclusion was that Piper could not afford to catch up
with the likes of Cessna, Cirrus, whatever the company name is that builds
the Columbia 350/400, etc.

I was at a certain very large company a number of years ago that (1) spent
a lot of money on getting certain compilers developed and certified but
(2) chose to keep them out of the market because they couldn't compete
with the more lithe firms delivering equivalent products.

If it makes you feel better, the markets for those compilers still exist
(though there is plenty of linguistic competition {8^) and the company
that made that choice no longer exists (though the name lives on in a
rather ghoulish way {8^).

Digital?
CDC?
Univac?
Honeywell?

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Blanche wrote:

Andrew Gideon wrote:
On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 19:07:22 -0700, Jay Honeck wrote:

concluded that General Aviation is no longer worth
pursuing

This may not have been decided quite as simplistically as you seem to
feel. Perhaps the conclusion was that Piper could not afford to catch up
with the likes of Cessna, Cirrus, whatever the company name is that builds
the Columbia 350/400, etc.

I was at a certain very large company a number of years ago that (1) spent
a lot of money on getting certain compilers developed and certified but
(2) chose to keep them out of the market because they couldn't compete
with the more lithe firms delivering equivalent products.

If it makes you feel better, the markets for those compilers still exist
(though there is plenty of linguistic competition {8^) and the company
that made that choice no longer exists (though the name lives on in a
rather ghoulish way {8^).

Digital?
CDC?
Univac?
Honeywell?

Data General?

john smith wrote:

Digital?
CDC?
Univac?
Honeywell?

Data General?

It sounds like a trip through Massachusetts...

On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:11:37 +0000, B A R R Y wrote:

john smith wrote:

Digital?
CDC?
Univac?
Honeywell?

Data General?

It sounds like a trip through Massachusetts...

Swell. You guys have found a new layer of gloom with which to depress me.

- Andrew

In article ,
Andrew Gideon wrote:

It sounds like a trip through Massachusetts...

Swell. You guys have found a new layer of gloom with which to depress me.

- Andrew

lotsa of stuff in taxachusetts to be gloomy about. More taxes, Ma$$port,
even more taxes.

--
Bob Noel
(goodness, please trim replies!!!)

B A R R Y writes:

It sounds like a trip through Massachusetts...

Or Stepford.

Mxsmanic wrote in
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B A R R Y writes:

It sounds like a trip through Massachusetts...

Or Stepford.


But fortunatle not through that convulted mess you cal a mind


Bertie