Re: The fate of Euphoria
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From: "Greg Haberek"
Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 1:44 PM
Subject: Re: The fate of Euphoria
> Please excuse me for using weird analogies here. I'm a hobbyist
> programmer as well as a hobbyist mechanic.
>
> <analogy Civic=Euphoria Honda=RDS>
> Let's say I need a car. My basic requirements are price and
> reliability. So I go out and buy a Honda Civic. Its an average-priced
> economy car that will get me from A to B without a fuss.
>
> But after I've been using my Honda Civic, I decide its not fast
> enough. And I want power windows. And a CD player. And a GOTO syntax
> (oops, sorry, wrong car).
>
> Now I have three choices: I can either (A) continue to use my Honda
> Civic the way I bought it because there's nothing wrong with how it
> works and it does what I need it to do, (B) modify my Honda Civic to
> accomodate my needs, which is perfectly reasonable if I have the
> proper knowledge, or (C) I go buy another car that suits my new needs.
>
> I do not (D) call Honda and throw a fit beacuse *their* Civic doesn't
> meet all my needs, or (E) complain to other Civic owners who are
> perfectly happy with their Civics because I'm not happy with mine.
>
> If I'm patient enough, I can (F) call Honda and request they make the
> Civic a bit faster, and make power windows and a CD player standard,
> but I have to remember that it IS THEIR CIVIC! They make it and if
> they don't want to put in an option for any reason, that's their
> choice.
> </analogy>
>
> Stick that in your tailpipe and smoke it.
>
> ~Greg
> www.merkur.000k2.com
Honda puts out many more cars than just the Civic
I could at least choose to drive an Accord to get some of those
extra features. Euphoria doesn't have alternatives.
unkmar
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