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From: kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen)
Subject: Re: The future of Ada
Date: 1999/03/11
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In article <7c7coa$nvt$4@plug.news.pipex.net>, "Nick Roberts" <Nick.Roberts@dial.pipex.com> writes:

> I emphasise the "is not possible" because I know well that a manager will
> not be convinced in the slightest by "is not the best way" or the like, but
> will be convinced by an absolute "it WILL not work".  Whether this is
> actually strictly true or not is immaterial (and you must not show it).

Depending on your organization, an equivalently strong statement to
"it WILL not work" is "it WILL not be delivered on time".

Larry Kilgallen