Re: ADTPro beta available

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <h5SdnQPsgNY5OSvZnZ2dnUVZ_v2dnZ2d@comcast.com>,
Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:

> Paul Schlyter wrote:
>> In article <TOmdnXjlIf84jivZnZ2dnUVZ_o6dnZ2d@comcast.com>,
>> Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>>mdj wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I'm not sure I like this definition either :-) Many platforms have only
>>>>a single implementation, yet the definition still stands.
>>>
>>>*Successful* ones have multiple implementations.
>> 
>> 
>> Does a non-successful platform become a nonplatform just because it
>> didn't succeed?
> 
> Theoretically, it remains a platform--practically, it becomes a non-
> platform, in the sense that it is useless as a vehicle for application
> deployment.  ;-)

Not useless, but perhaps of limited use.  However limited use is
better than no use at all.
 
> More seriously, refer to my _de jure_ definition of a platform just
> following the quote above in my post.  In principle, many "potential"
> platforms have been defined that never achieved enough success to
> become "practical" platforms for application deployment.
> 
> Pragmatically, the _de facto_ argument from success in the marketplace
> is the only one that matters.

If so, why ban e.g. hard drug dealing, prostitution and even slavery?