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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham 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: 2003-01-16 11:51:37 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!wn14feed!worldnet.att.net!207.217.77.102!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3E270D3A.8070504@acm.org> From: Jeffrey Carter User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.0.0) Gecko/20020530 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada Compiler Pricing (was Re: Hijacking a Thread was RE: NewAda compiler for .NET) References: <3E260AE4.3060901@acm.org> <3E26D358.6D93AD6C@raytheon.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 19:50:16 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.184.0.19 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net 1042746616 63.184.0.19 (Thu, 16 Jan 2003 11:50:16 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 11:50:16 PST Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:33102 Date: 2003-01-16T19:50:16+00:00 List-Id: Jerry Petrey wrote: > > So they > brought in some 40 contractors to work overtime trying to crank out > the code - but of course nothing workable resulted and the contract > was finally canceled. I'm sure that management realized this > 'mythical man month' problem but the more they spent, the more they > made in any case. > > Convincing management that a small team of exceptional people with > the proper tools can do a better and cheaper job that a large team of > 'average' people with error prone tools is not easy to do - it seems > to go against their basic instinct that the more people you manage, > the more successful manager you are. Precisely. This isn't "dumb" management--this is smart management! The company maximizes its profits and the manager, having managed a large and profitable project, gets positive attention and promotion. -- Jeff Carter "Monsieur Arthur King, who has the brain of a duck, you know." Monty Python & the Holy Grail