From: Jerry Petrey <gpetrey@hercii.mar.lmco.com>
Subject: Re: Something doesn't compute here (was Re: How many different processors do you use?)
Date: 1999/06/09
Date: 1999-06-09T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <375E52CD.238FB101@hercii.mar.lmco.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 7jl0jt$qve3@svlss.lmms.lmco.com
David Kristola wrote:
>
> IMO, there seem to be two factors moving companies and people
> away from Ada:
>
> 1. Companies don't want to train people (it costs money).
> 2. Ada knowledgeable software engineers are rare and therefore
> expensive, and companies would rather have a cheap workforce.
>
> While it is most likely true that experienced people working
> with the support of a language like Ada can probably out
> produce (per their cost) entry level <fill in popular language
> name> coders, this does not seem to be taken as pertinent where
> the decisions are made.
>
> Welcome to the race for the bottom (line).
>
How true! And to paraphrase an old expression - you get what you
pay for - at best!
Jerry
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1999-06-08 0:00 ` How many different processors do you use? muddy_buddy
1999-06-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-06-09 0:00 ` muddy_buddy
1999-06-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-06-09 0:00 ` muddy_buddy
1999-06-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-06-10 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
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1999-06-10 0:00 ` tmoran
1999-06-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-06-11 0:00 ` muddy_buddy
1999-06-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-06-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-06-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-06-10 0:00 ` dennison
1999-06-10 0:00 ` Robert B. Love
1999-06-11 0:00 ` muddy_buddy
1999-06-10 0:00 ` tmoran
1999-06-10 0:00 ` muddy_buddy
1999-06-10 0:00 ` tmoran
1999-06-10 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
1999-06-10 0:00 ` rawcswi
1999-06-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-06-10 0:00 ` rawcswi
1999-06-20 0:00 ` Eric Roesinger
1999-06-09 0:00 ` Something doesn't compute here (was Re: How many different processors do you use?) David Kristola
1999-06-09 0:00 ` Elizabeth D Rather
1999-06-09 0:00 ` Jerry Petrey [this message]
1999-06-09 0:00 ` Jim Prince
1999-06-12 0:00 ` Aidan Skinner
1999-06-09 0:00 ` How many different processors do you use? Matt Cox
1999-06-09 0:00 ` Markus Kuhn
1999-06-09 0:00 ` Jon Kirwan
1999-06-09 0:00 ` Ed Avis
1999-06-10 0:00 ` Jon Kirwan
1999-06-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-06-09 0:00 ` Ada95 (was: How many different processors do you use?) Markus Kuhn
1999-06-09 0:00 ` How many different processors do you use? dennison
1999-06-09 0:00 ` Markus Kuhn
1999-06-10 0:00 ` John Kodis
1999-06-09 0:00 ` martin lytz
1999-06-09 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1999-06-10 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-06-10 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-06-10 0:00 ` Steve O'Neill
1999-06-10 0:00 ` Fraser Wilson
1999-06-11 0:00 ` David Botton
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1999-06-11 0:00 ` fraser
1999-06-11 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-06-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-06-10 0:00 ` Everett M. Greene
1999-06-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-06-11 0:00 ` Dave Hansen
1999-06-11 0:00 ` martin lytz
1999-06-12 0:00 ` Roger Espel Llima
1999-06-11 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
1999-06-12 0:00 ` markh
1999-06-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-06-13 0:00 ` markh
1999-06-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-06-25 0:00 ` Lew Pitcher
1999-06-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-06-28 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-06-28 0:00 ` Michael A. Covington
1999-06-28 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-06-29 0:00 ` Michael A. Covington
1999-06-29 0:00 ` Richard Kettlewell
1999-06-30 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1999-07-08 0:00 ` Stefan Skoglund
1999-07-09 0:00 ` no-one
1999-06-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-06-28 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-06-28 0:00 ` Dan Nagle
1999-06-12 0:00 ` mjsilva
1999-06-14 0:00 ` Everett M. Greene
1999-06-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-06-26 0:00 ` Everett M. Greene
1999-06-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-06-10 0:00 ` Greg Martin
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