12th September 2006, 2:14 PM
Why?
Again, what did he actually do wrong here? He's released yet more versions, saturating the market further, but unless you actually buy them then it doesn't matter, and if you DO buy them you've essentially said you want them so he still didn't do anything wrong. Further, you don't need these things to do anything, your versions aren't suddenly deteriorating due to the existance of these new ones. You also don't need them for day to day use or to be accepted in society (like food or even an operating system) so it still doesn't affect you.
What has he done wrong?
Again, what did he actually do wrong here? He's released yet more versions, saturating the market further, but unless you actually buy them then it doesn't matter, and if you DO buy them you've essentially said you want them so he still didn't do anything wrong. Further, you don't need these things to do anything, your versions aren't suddenly deteriorating due to the existance of these new ones. You also don't need them for day to day use or to be accepted in society (like food or even an operating system) so it still doesn't affect you.
What has he done wrong?
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)