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Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!usenet.goja.nl.eu.org!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=C3=B8j?= <arne@vajhoej.dk> Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: Re: BridgeWorks Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 22:57:42 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 25 Message-ID: <v7sev6$245e2$1@dont-email.me> References: <v7e9qt$33dn4$1@dont-email.me> <v7edd2$33v6h$1@dont-email.me> <v7h8d1$3msj2$1@dont-email.me> <v7hveg$3u9vu$3@dont-email.me> <v7j76f$4mtj$1@dont-email.me> <v7lic0$ktou$1@dont-email.me> <v7m5g4$ogvf$1@dont-email.me> <v7m8hf$o37u$2@dont-email.me> <v7ovi5$1b5dr$1@dont-email.me> <v7ph58$1dmh2$3@dont-email.me> <v7pn6l$1ig94$2@dont-email.me> <v7r1en$1ou0h$3@dont-email.me> <v7s3e4$1uqcm$2@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 04:57:43 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="484c11458d39c7255a0f0758a8865d9d"; logging-data="2233794"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19CA6FJ66WgF4oMNp+93m390qCJwu2+3/o=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:4tnUOWLXaRoCoBxpxUgsi/AYwzQ= In-Reply-To: <v7s3e4$1uqcm$2@dont-email.me> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2383 On 7/24/2024 7:40 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > On Wed, 24 Jul 2024 10:00:55 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote: >> On 7/23/2024 9:59 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >>> On Tue, 23 Jul 2024 20:16:40 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote: >>>> If you look at third party COM components used by VB6 and VBS back in >>>> the late 90's and early 00's, then most of it are gone. >>> >>> If they were open-source, at least someone else could take over >>> development/maintenance after the original creators have gone >>> bust/given up. >> >> In theory yes. >> >> But most companies has no interest in going into the software library >> business. > > So hire somebody who is in that business. That doesn't change the fundamental problem - they would still be in the software library business - they just change from paying monthly salaries for a fixed number of employees to an hourly rate for a variable number of hours. Arne