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From: "Alex R. Mosteo" <alejandro@mosteo.com>
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Subject: Re: Any Ada in this? Or would Ada have helped Toyota save $2b?...
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Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:59:02 +0100
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Martin wrote:

> On Feb 4, 4:14 pm, Adam Beneschan <a...@irvine.com> wrote:
>> On Feb 4, 4:47 am, Martin <martin.do...@btopenworld.com> wrote:
>>
>> >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8497471.stm
>>
>> > It's states that this is a software problem but doesn't give
>> > details...anyone know anything about this?
>>
>> (1) the linked article is mostly about flaws in the braking system, which
>> has not yet cost Toyota anywhere near $2B;
> 
> It's the figure quoted for lost revenue in the paragraph "Profits
> Surge".

And the reputation cost will be... wow.

> 
> 
>> (2) I can't find anywhere where
>> the article refers to a software problem (thus, I have no idea what
>> you mean by "[It] states that this is a software problem");
> 
> The original article headline mentioned software...but they've gone
> and changed it!
> 
> Cheers
> -- Martin