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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fdb77,5f529c91be2ac930 X-Google-Attributes: gidfdb77,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,583275b6950bf4e6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 11232c,59ec73856b699922 X-Google-Attributes: gid11232c,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,59ec73856b699922 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-04-26 14:34:38 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!logbridge.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!enews.sgi.com!news.xtra.co.nz!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "AG" Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.object,comp.lang.ada,misc.misc References: <3EA04A1E.CAFC1FEF@adaworks.com> <9fa75d42.0304221126.7112b7d5@posting.google.com> <9fa75d42.0304230439.55d28e70@posting.google.com> <9fa75d42.0304240503.54dbc5d1@posting.google.com> <20619edc.0304240953.221ac70f@posting.google.com> <9fa75d42.0304250448.5107afef@posting.google.com> <20619edc.0304252116.621a4bf4@posting.google.com> <9fa75d42.0304260649.366530c5@posting.google.com> Subject: Re: the Ada mandate, and why it collapsed and died (was): 64 bit addressing and OOP X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 09:34:59 +1200 NNTP-Posting-Host: 219.88.60.99 X-Complaints-To: newsadmin@xtra.co.nz X-Trace: news.xtra.co.nz 1051392877 219.88.60.99 (Sun, 27 Apr 2003 09:34:37 NZST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 09:34:37 NZST Organization: Xtra Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.java.advocacy:62724 comp.object:62090 comp.lang.ada:36616 misc.misc:13724 Date: 2003-04-27T09:34:59+12:00 List-Id: "soft-eng" wrote in message > NOBODY except computer programmers complain about reliability > of Windows. They might claim it's frustrating, but not > unreliable. Really? How about some truck drivers who have to be put on hold while the Windoze system reboots, reloads, gets up to snuff and finally prints that piece of paper that would have taken about 20 seconds to write by hand? Or the poor despatcher who wouldn't know Windoze from bit-bucket except that he/she needs to reboot it every half-hour or so just to get rid of the frozen parts of it and get the trucks moving.