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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 115aec,7d107e452bdd8496 X-Google-Attributes: gid115aec,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,1db77fbb2768946e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1143c4,7d107e452bdd8496 X-Google-Attributes: gid1143c4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-02 07:45:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!psinet-eu-nl!psiuk-p4!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: linux.dev.kernel,comp.realtime,comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Is Linux right for Embedded? Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 10:38:40 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9pcjhi$8b7$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <3BB69F21.B5AA7451@intercom.com> <9p84tm$1ovg$1@news.cybercity.dk> <9pa0in$8bb$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9pa9of$9me$1@xmission.xmission.com> <9pae0i$dbq$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9pah5l01o0q@drn.newsguy.com> <5sFiXApYle76@eisner.encompasserve.org> <3bb96fa9.88068796@news.cis.dfn.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1002033522 8551 136.170.200.133 (2 Oct 2001 14:38:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 2 Oct 2001 14:38:42 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com linux.dev.kernel:4207 comp.realtime:3923 comp.lang.ada:13624 Date: 2001-10-02T14:38:42+00:00 List-Id: Seems I heard that theory in "The Hitchikers Guide To The Galaxy" wherein the Cirrus Cybernetics Corporation covered up their fundamental design flaws with superficial design flaws. One expended so much energy trying to get a CCC product to work at all, that one didn't notice that what it did was totally useless. I doubt that long-term it is an answer for a company. It didn't work for Detroit when Japan decided to invade the US market with cars that didn't break down at every turn. "Quality" suddenly got to be extremely important to the Detroit auto makers. MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Dmitry Kazakov" wrote in message news:3bb96fa9.88068796@news.cis.dfn.de... > > Yes they can but will not (:-)). When you develop in Ada and thus have > a higher quality product, the customer has an ability to concentrate > on real issues [and discover that the whole project makes no sense at > all (:-))]. With C++ (powered by Windows) he concentrates on bug > reports, updates, service packs etc, which gives him a warm feeling > that "the process goes" and that he pays for a damn good and hard > work. It sounds cynical, but sometimes the worse is better... >