At 05:48 PM 9/2/1996 -0500, you wrote:
>Why not allow the amount to vary, at the choice of the user, with a
>proportional share of input into the prioritization of enhancement list
>each year? That way, companies with big investments and big pocketbooks
>can steer the 3000 enhancements in the direction that does the most good
>for them -- and thereby increases the value of the 3000 to that company
 
 
....but with no guarantee that the value of the platform is enhanced for
smaller less financially endowed customers. I think we need to retain the
one cpu one vote type of approach, even while applauding the idea of
'privately' funding R&D for the platform of choice!
 
Tony