OT: Flash and Javascript (Was: Taunting)

[Nick Sabalausky]

"BCS" <none at anon.com> wrote in message 
news:a6268ff64568cbaad2fa3b96f0 at news.digitalmars.com...
> Hello Nick,
>
>> Just trying to anticipate that argument. It's amazing how many times
>> I've seen people try to argue that something isn't worth developing
>> for just because the stores don't sell them. What matters is what is
>> people are *using*, not what the stores are selling.
>>
>> Should they stop offering brake-pads/spark-plugs/tires that work on
>> 2008-model cars? No? Well why not?! It's not like the stores sell
>> 2008's anymore!!
>>
>> It's a ridiculous line of reasoning made even more ridiculous by how
>> frequently people actually try to use it.
>
> If I'm ever in a position to do it, I will spec the target platform for a 
> program as something like the 20th percentile of computers used by our 
> target market when the project is started. I'd get a bunch of system like 
> that and then mandate that any prototypes be shown to management on one of 
> them before it's shown on anything else and that the devs must run their 
> code on them regularly.
>
> I wouldn't have any problem with the program being able to take advantage 
> of something a lot newer, but it darn well better run on those old boxes.
>

I wish you were a higher-up at Epic ;) They seem to have pretty much the 
opposite attitude, and I get so worked-up every time I see a quote from 
"CliffyB" or any of the others...