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From: "Marin David Condic" <marin.condic.auntie.spam@pacemicro.com>
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Subject: Re: U.S. Businesses Lost Nearly 434 $ each ( was 100 billion dollars
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Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 10:06:56 -0400
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I *like* that approach! Rectal extraction of whatever numbers suit your
case. So let's assume that the $100b number was really $500b and that there
are really only twelve businesses that actually use software for anything
critical. What does it work out to now? :-) :-) :-)

Seriously: The point should be that whatever the number works out to on a
per-business basis is really irrelevant. If the $100b number is anywhere
near reality, that is a lot of national resources being dedicated to
non-productive effort. Its a kind of a tax on everything we do and for which
we get nothing. If Ada could help reduce that number, we as a nation are
better off.

MDC
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"Mike Silva" <mjsilva@jps.net> wrote in message
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>
> Hey, I've got an idea: let's assume that the figure is deflated by a
> factor of 10 (to make the industry look better than it really is).
> That works out to $43,478 per business.
>
> Next assumption...