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From: Richard Riehle <richard@adaworks.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: employment with ada
Date: Sun, 04 May 2003 17:34:38 -0700
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Jeffrey Carter wrote:

> Richard Riehle wrote:
> >
> > ... It [using a subset of C] will cost them more in the long run ...
>
> Here we probably see the real business case. The longer and more
> expensive the software is, the more profit the company makes, under
> typical large defense software contracts.

I would be the last person to attribute such nefarious motives to a
company as respectable as LMCO.   My guess is that those who
made the decision to abandon Ada did so  with the best of intentions,
with intellectual honesty, and with honorable expectations.   I know
many of the LMCO software engineers and respect their business
ethics.   This does not change the fact that I believe they came to
a wrong conclusion regarding Ada.

Also, and very important, I believe that they will strive to do the
very best software they can using the tools they have selected.  We
can disagree about conclusions without casting doubts about someone's
honor.

Richard Riehle