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From: codesavvy@aol.com (codesavvy)
Subject: Re: official recommendations of Ada
Date: 21 Jul 2001 05:52:03 -0700
Date: 2001-07-21T12:52:04+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5be89e2f.0107210452.488dfd98@posting.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3B590D83.A15CC947@mediaone.net

Ed Falis <efalis@mediaone.net> wrote in message news:<3B590D83.A15CC947@mediaone.net>...
> codesavvy wrote:
> 
> > From management's view point, using Ada instead of C/C++ is taking a
> > major risk and when push comes to shove management probably will not
> > take such a risk unless they can see the "payback" in using Ada.
> 
> Since I've been "management", I have to say that "management" is not homogenous.  Your generalizations are
> just that. There's a lot more variety of approaches than your stereotypes (a la Dilbert) would lead one to
> believe.  You think there's no conflict of ideology and business strategy at that level?  

Do you take risks without seeing the "payback"?  What other
generalizations are you talking about? What stereotypes  are you
talking about?  Where do I state that there's no conflict of ideology
and business strategy at the management level?


>Often enough, taking
> measured risk is _the_ way through, though it doesn't appear to be the modus from a developer's perspective.
> 

Oh so in order to take a risk you have to see the appropriate
"payback."  Thank you for supporting my statement.

> The point being, don't use assumptions about management motive to bolster your arguments. 

Apparently my assumption about taking a risk applies to you.

> When you do, you're
> attributing motivation and behavior unfairly.
> 

How did I do this specifically?


> - Ed



  reply	other threads:[~2001-07-21 12:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-07-17  7:13 official recommendations of Ada Russ
2001-07-17 13:11 ` Pat Rogers
2001-07-17 14:37   ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-07-17 21:32 ` Hambut
2001-07-18 21:54   ` Hambut
2001-07-19  0:30     ` Mike Silva
2001-07-20  6:59   ` Phil Thornley
2001-07-20 11:31     ` Peter Amey
2001-07-20 12:22     ` Robert Dewar
2001-07-22  7:04   ` Hambut
2001-07-22 19:29     ` Rod Chapman
2001-07-18 10:08 ` Martin Dowie
2001-07-20 12:43 ` codesavvy
2001-07-21  3:07   ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-07-21  6:10     ` James Rogers
2001-07-21  5:04   ` Ed Falis
2001-07-21 12:52     ` codesavvy [this message]
2001-07-23  3:53     ` An Assumption I Did Make (Was Re: official recommendations of Ada) codesavvy
2001-07-21  7:40   ` official recommendations of Ada Pascal Obry
2001-07-21  8:23     ` Pascal Obry
2001-07-21 13:01     ` codesavvy
2001-07-24  8:13       ` Colin Paul Gloster
2001-07-24 12:34         ` Software Metrics (was Re: official recommendations of Ada) Marin David Condic
2001-07-24 19:06         ` official recommendations of Ada codesavvy
2001-07-25  8:23           ` Colin Paul Gloster
2001-07-25  8:13             ` Colin Paul Gloster
2001-07-21  5:18 ` Mike Silva
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