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Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 12:04:40 +0800
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Wojtek Narczynski wrote:
> Robert,
> 
> 
>>I'm at the point in my life where I want to pursue a dream
>>I've had for years of having my own software development company,
>>basically a VAR or ISV.
> 
> 
> Go for it! This is what I did, and I'm glad I did, even though I have
> to care about salaries of 25 people, not only one. There are many
> people mourning the condition of Ada on this list, instead of doing
> exactly this - starting a company.
> 
> 
>>I want to use a language (...)
> 
> 
> Don't start a business with thinking about which language you are
> going to choose, this is wrong thinking. Instead do a per-project
> language / technology selection. Let me put it in another way: would
> it have made sense to write all the software you'd written to date in
> Ada? I bet not! In other words: free your mind.


I would not agree with that (if I don't get it wrong). I would worry if 
my software were not developed in Ada. As the matter of fact, we did 
worry about software which were not developed in Ada.

After switching to Ada, we have freed our mind. No more worries and this 
let us concentrate more in developing good quality software and more 
time on research projects.

Go for Ada!
-- 
Adrian Hoe
m a i l b o x AT a d r i a n h o e . c o m