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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,630c12e823d1bdf4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-01-15 19:36:47 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!wn13feed!worldnet.att.net!207.217.77.102!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!harp.news.atl.earthlink.net!not-for-mail From: Richard Riehle Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada Compiler Pricing (was Re: Hijacking a Thread was RE: NewAda compiler for .NET) Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 19:45:45 -0800 Organization: AdaWorks Software Engineering Message-ID: <3E262AE9.BAB61CFE@adaworks.com> References: <3E260AE4.3060901@acm.org> Reply-To: richard@adaworks.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 41.b2.40.24 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server-Date: 16 Jan 2003 03:36:46 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:33072 Date: 2003-01-16T03:36:46+00:00 List-Id: Jeffrey Carter wrote: > Indeed, if the contract is written > right, a project that is finally terminated without creating any usable > software may be the most profitable road for the contractor, and it > never seems to affect their ability to win more contracts. Polonius, commenting on Hamlet's madness, " 'Tis true, 'tis pity. 'Tis pity 'tis 'tis true." The best outcome for a contractor: software is accepted, paid for, but never used. No one discovers that it does not do the job originally intended to be done. Standish Group has catalogued a lot of such projects. Richard Riehle