Re: Advice on selling Ada to a C shop

[Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>]

George Orwell wrote:
> There are very few companies today, even
> software companies, that have not decided bugs, even serious bugs, are just
> a fact of life. They accept they're going to anger or even lose some
> percent of customers, but this is factored in to their financial
> plans. Quality no longer matters, what matters is how much money we can
> soak you for this quarter and how long we can get away with it. Good enough
> is good enough, and being the best or putting out a product with no known
> bugs that can't be circumvented is no longer on radar.

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?

--
Ludovic Brenta.