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: 1143c4,7d107e452bdd8496 X-Google-Attributes: gid1143c4,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,1db77fbb2768946e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 115aec,7d107e452bdd8496 X-Google-Attributes: gid115aec,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-02 01:06:45 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!ailinel.cbb-automation.DE!not-for-mail From: dmitry@elros.cbb-automation.de (Dmitry Kazakov) Newsgroups: linux.dev.kernel,comp.realtime,comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Is Linux right for Embedded? Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 08:06:44 GMT Message-ID: <3bb96fa9.88068796@news.cis.dfn.de> References: <3BB69F21.B5AA7451@intercom.com> <9p84tm$1ovg$1@news.cybercity.dk> <9pa0in$8bb$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9pa9of$9me$1@xmission.xmission.com> <9pae0i$dbq$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9pah5l01o0q@drn.newsguy.com> <5sFiXApYle76@eisner.encompasserve.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: ailinel.cbb-automation.de (212.79.194.99) X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1002010004 18350352 212.79.194.99 (16 [77047]) X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.21/32.243 Xref: archiver1.google.com linux.dev.kernel:4154 comp.realtime:3920 comp.lang.ada:13606 Date: 2001-10-02T08:06:44+00:00 List-Id: On 1 Oct 2001 15:18:29 -0500, Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) wrote: >In article <9pah5l01o0q@drn.newsguy.com>, mike@nospam writes: >> In article <9pae0i$dbq$1@nh.pace.co.uk>, "Marin says... >>> >> >>>You can get good systems in any language - you just >>>might have to spend the next 5 years debugging & patching in the lab to get >>>there. >> >> >> Cool. More job security ! >> >> The boss can't fire me, becuase the product still has bugs in it that needs >> to be fixed (and of course no one else can fix them becuase no one else can >> figure the code out becuase we did not write any design documents). > >But the customers can fire the whole company ! Yes they can but will not (:-)). When you develop in Ada and thus have a higher quality product, the customer has an ability to concentrate on real issues [and discover that the whole project makes no sense at all (:-))]. With C++ (powered by Windows) he concentrates on bug reports, updates, service packs etc, which gives him a warm feeling that "the process goes" and that he pays for a damn good and hard work. It sounds cynical, but sometimes the worse is better... Regards, Dmitry Kazakov