From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)
Subject: Re: why? US Army Ada software converted to C++?
Date: 7 Oct 2001 07:09:11 -0500
Date: 2001-10-07T07:09:11-05:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <G0BPi9GWuART@eisner.encompasserve.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3BBFB4BE.C4A775B9@acm.org
In article <3BBFB4BE.C4A775B9@acm.org>, Jeffrey Carter <jrcarter@acm.org> writes:
> Since this is in Huntsville, AL, it may be NMD related. At least one
> existing major Ada software system for NMD, developed by one of the
> subcontractors, is being rewritten in "C++" by the prime
> contractor/integrator, Boeing. All the evidence I saw indicates that
> this is solely to give Boeing more control and more of the profits for
> this project.
This supports the viewpoint that what is best for the contractor is not
necessarily the same as what is best for the project. Perhaps subsequent
maintenance gets billed on a time-and-materials basis.
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Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-10-06 21:56 why? US Army Ada software converted to C++? rob
2001-10-06 23:35 ` David Emery
2001-10-07 1:16 ` Jim44.
2001-10-07 7:31 ` tmoran
2001-10-07 21:22 ` Brian Rogoff
2001-10-07 22:00 ` James Rogers
2001-10-07 23:59 ` Dale Stanbrough
2001-10-08 0:10 ` Preben Randhol
2001-10-09 18:12 ` Marin David Condic
2001-10-09 19:05 ` Ted Dennison
2001-10-09 20:36 ` Brian Rogoff
2001-10-09 22:01 ` Marin David Condic
2001-10-07 1:49 ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-10-07 12:09 ` Larry Kilgallen [this message]
2001-10-09 16:03 ` Ted Dennison
2001-10-08 0:28 ` Richard Riehle
2001-10-08 0:39 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-10-08 3:26 ` Pi
2001-10-09 16:06 ` Ted Dennison
2001-10-08 10:41 ` Petter Fryklund
2001-10-08 13:20 ` Alfred Hilscher
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