Re: ADTPro beta available

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <OcGdnUmXsNjKwSjZnZ2dnUVZ_sadnZ2d@comcast.com>,
Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:

> A more useful definition of a platform is any layer of uniformity that
> enables a common market in applications.

:-) ...that's the first time I've seen anyone use a marketing definitin
of what a "platform" is.  By this definition, the Apple II is no longer
a platform, because there is no longer any market for it.

> (Unix, for example, never quite made it to this status, mostly for
> competitive reasons.)

There was never just one Unix, true.  But that doesn't mean that a
particular Unix platform wasn't a platform.....


> For this to be viable, the platform definition must be sufficiently
> "complete" that one does not need to go outside it to write useful
> applications, and it must be sufficiently "strong" that a single
> testing regime is sufficient for deployment on all implementations
> of the platform.

By this definitions, I think there are no platforms.  There are always
some holes somewhere...

The conclusion is that there are different opinions on what a "platform"
actually is.  Different people have somewhat different semantics here.

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