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From: Ted Dennison <dennison@telepath.com>
Subject: Re: Jobs at Lockheed Martin
Date: 2000/09/29
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In article <39D36ED9.82FB5D14@lmco.com>,
  William Dale <william.dale.jr@lmco.com> wrote:
> Not sure where you are located but there is no interest in Ada at LM
> Mussels and Space, Sunnyvale. THAAD is converting all of its Missile
> Ada code to C++.   I work on the only piece of new Ada being done
> here.

Hmmm. A classic sign of stupid management. The nice thing about Ada
projects is that idiot managers don't like them, so you don't work under
as many of them. :-)

I was in a similar situation in a (thankfully small) group in Orlando a
few years back. They actually had an entire *new* working commercial
engine controller done in Ada that they converted to C++ on their own
dime. Apparently the manager in charge decided Ada wasn't fashionable
enough. Why a customer would care what language their COTS engine
controler was written in (as long as it performs to spec) was never
explained.

I was actually present in the lab (working on my Ada project) when a
customer from India was being shown around. When the customer was told
about the porting effort, he incrediously asked why we would want to do
such a thing. The answer the manager gave him was, "that's what our
customers want." (told *to* a customer). I had to bite my lip so hard it
bled. :-)

Of course that particular manager was notoriously incompetent. The
employees would actually take *turns* working for him, as no one could
stand him for more than a few months. I content myself by thinking that
if he wasn't ruining our business he might be off piloting a supertanker
somewhere. :-)

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T.E.D.

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