From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,995c28f68b9dc343 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,995c28f68b9dc343 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,995c28f68b9dc343 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 107d55,995c28f68b9dc343 X-Google-Attributes: gid107d55,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,995c28f68b9dc343 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,995c28f68b9dc343 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public From: "W. Wesley Groleau x4923" Subject: Re: The great Java showcase (re: 2nd historic mistake) Date: 1997/09/02 Message-ID: <340C6785.9F0@pseserv3.fw.hac.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 269581391 Sender: usenet@most.fw.hac.com (News Administration) References: <5u5m5b$7q6$1@news2.digex.net> X-Nntp-Posting-Host: sparc01 Organization: Hughes Defense Communications Newsgroups: comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.java.tech,comp.lang.c++ Date: 1997-09-02T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: > No you can't win with an inferior product, winning or success with > products is how superiority is measured. > ..[snip].. > Often as CEO of ACT, I find that my most important task is to convince > customers not that Ada is superior, they know that, but rather that > they can choose Ada and be sure that support Since _all_ your products are Ada tools, it's not surprising that your customers know (or think) that Ada is superior. The quote you were answering, IMHO, referred to the situation where people claim to be interested in the factors in which Ada's quality is proven--yet they continue to cling to the very language that is the worst in those factors. Yes, if a product (Beta, Edsel, whatever) is not what people want, then you can certainly argue that it's not superior. But when a product is _exactly_ what they claim to want, yet they won't buy it, what can you do then? -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Wes Groleau, Hughes Defense Communications, Fort Wayne, IN USA Senior Software Engineer - AFATDS Tool-smith Wanna-be wwgrol AT pseserv3.fw.hac.com Don't send advertisements to this domain unless asked! All disk space on fw.hac.com hosts belongs to either Hughes Defense Communications or the United States government. Using email to store YOUR advertising on them is trespassing! ----------------------------------------------------------------------