[ros-general] ros chatter

[Mark Grosberg]

On Tue, 23 Dec 2003, Rick Parrish wrote:

> Compatibility is a PITA - sort of an ironic footnote on the ROS list.
>
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> Thanks Mark. At one point, I thought OS/2 was going to be "it" - boy was
> I wrong. It's tough to be in the hardware and software markets while
> trying to get other h/w makers to adopt your software.

I guess I should be thankful that I've rarely had to worry about backwards
compatability. Until about 4 months ago I've spent my entire career
designing embedded systems. So I always had both hardware and software
under my control.

And boy do I wish I was back in embedded systems...