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, LOTS_OF_MONEY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,563d1b715d872ad1 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-09 15:15:03 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: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: why? US Army Ada software converted to C++? Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 18:01:46 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9pvs4f$eev$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <061020011935502631%demery@cox.rr.com> <7xTv7.11227$IY3.8208030@news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com> <9pvels$8rn$1@nh.pace.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1002664911 14815 136.170.200.133 (9 Oct 2001 22:01:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 9 Oct 2001 22:01:51 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:14095 Date: 2001-10-09T22:01:51+00:00 List-Id: I have not been to Silly-con Valley in maybe a year or more & I never really "lived" there - just rented space for extended periods of time. I'm told by people I know that a basic sort of 3-bedroom house in an O.K. neighborhood would cost a half-million bucks. I could buy a very large home on the Intracoastal Waterway in a posh neighborhood around here for that kind of money. Yet when I was out there, Cisco Systems was slamming down buildings as fast as possible and you have to wonder why. Wouldn't it pay to move new operations to some *other* part of the world that is as attractive or moreso than the valley? I can see how if you've already built, you've got a major investment you can't easily abandon, but if you want to build a whole slew of new facilities, why not do it somewhere else? Anyway, the trick for programmers was to earn the money in the Valley but live somewhere else. MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Ted Dennison" wrote in message news:VTHw7.21955$ev2.30646@www.newsranger.com... > > That's pretty much my opinon of Silly Vally as well. An expensive house here in > Tulsa is one that goes for more than $150K. I'd have to make nearly that in a > year in salary to be able to even think about owning a house out there. > > I don't even think the *mayor* of Tulsa makes that much. :-) >