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,c617ae447ca32f2f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-04-11 11:16:43 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: dennison@telepath.com (Ted Dennison) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ariane Failure Date: 11 Apr 2002 11:16:42 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: <4519e058.0204111016.22d01aef@posting.google.com> References: <3CA50E9A.CBF24F1B@lanl.gov> <3CB3031A.26E08904@gbr.msd.ray.com> <3CB435A4.8A011DF1@gbr.msd.ray.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.115.221.98 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1018549002 16764 127.0.0.1 (11 Apr 2002 18:16:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 11 Apr 2002 18:16:42 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:22378 Date: 2002-04-11T18:16:42+00:00 List-Id: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) wrote in message news:... > In article , fdebruin@xs3.xs4all.nl (fdebruin) writes: > > For example, in the case of Ariane 501 the IRS software in the two units > > could have been developed indepently by two different companies. Maybe ... > > Furthemore, you are still not fully covered because your software > > specification might contain an error that will be common to all indepently > > developed software. > > Just have each implementation use a different specification :-) ...or just send sattelites up on a Proton, Atlas, and Titan as well, and hope one of them makes it. :-) -- T.E.D. Home - mailto:dennison@telepath.com (Yahoo: Ted_Dennison) Homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html