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-Thread: 103376,11414a19b0e4a97a X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,UTF8 Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!aioe.org!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Ludovic Brenta Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Advice on selling Ada to a C shop Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 11:21:38 +0200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: <8762z4s4m5.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> References: <87631dmdmz.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> <2bb211f057648e4d892829e5ee79e34c@mixmaster.it> <9297c4a2-6922-4103-bf0e-a649878c3f6d@s9g2000yqd.googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 09:21:38 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="CRD6fkbcGMuJdt5qH+0UOA"; logging-data="19415"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19gkLjEIzRgObDaOzKhvK/o" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:IylkBJhoK8I/StGW9GcrirXDEu8= sha1:U50L9tTHLdveWvmcEe+VzlWiJGI= Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:13571 Date: 2010-08-21T11:21:38+02:00 List-Id: Yannick Duchêne writes on comp.lang.ada: > Le Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:59:54 +0200, Ludovic Brenta > a écrit: >> It might be possible to turn this argument around. >> >> Companies that choose the path of low quality will go bankrupt when >> other low-quality companies from the Far East under-bid them. Those >> Far East companies are, in fact, catching up on the quality front. >> >> Companies that choose the path of high quality have a chance to >> survive. This is what Germany does, by tradition. >> >> If you buy a car, would you prefer to buy from Germany or from China? >> If you buy industrial equipment, would you prefer to buy from Germany >> or from China? >> If you sell industrial equipment, would you prefer to be Germany or >> China? > See what you meant, but just face the fact: who sells the more ? > Germany or China ? I think it is more appropriate to ask: who makes a better living, German employees or Chinese employees? -- Ludovic Brenta.