>Frankly, I'd love to see a law that language developers can't kill a language unless they can't find a buyer for it. They don't have to continue development, but they do have to try to let another company do it.
A government takeover of Microsoft is long overdue. My life was thrown into a cocked hat when they pulled Bob and Windows ME without any consideration for the users and without any attempt to make it available as an open-source OS. Disgraceful and definitely should be the subject of a Congressional Fact-Finding Committee ( televised )
I for one would be pretty excited about being protected by politicians from the depredations of software companies. Perhaps a Developers Tools Czar ? ( I nominate Barnie Franks but I'm open to suggestions )
And I really like the idea of manufacturers being required to continue producing products until they can find a competitor to take over production. It would certainly make them think twice before burdening society with innovation.
I'd also like to make it retroactive to the automobile industry and applied to the Deuce Coup, the '55 T-Bird, the '57 Chevy and the '58 Corvette. ( not sure if we could find the guys who made the Cord )
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