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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,1116ece181be1aea X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-09-15 09:53:25 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!wn14feed!worldnet.att.net!207.35.177.252!nf3.bellglobal.com!nf1.bellglobal.com!nf2.bellglobal.com!news20.bellglobal.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Is the Writing on the Wall for Ada? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 12:38:23 -0400 NNTP-Posting-Host: 198.96.223.163 X-Complaints-To: abuse@sympatico.ca X-Trace: news20.bellglobal.com 1063643888 198.96.223.163 (Mon, 15 Sep 2003 12:38:08 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 12:38:08 EDT Organization: Bell Sympatico Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:42532 Date: 2003-09-15T12:38:23-04:00 List-Id: Robert C. Leif wrote: > Firstly as the only trained biochemist in this group, I most vigorously > protest any suggestion that the pizza industry can have a decent future > without R & D. The entire pasta and baking business needs to increase its > fiber content, decrease its fast carbohydrates and fats. On this part, I am > not kidding. McDonald's and other fast-food operations have started to see > the effects of consumer resistance to unhealthy products. > I write this to illustrate that short term a company and an industry can > flourish with minimal R & D expenditures. However, either technological > progress will result in very strong competitive pressures; or if the > operation can be moved off-shore, it will leave. Fortunately for our local > pizzerias, there products can not be made in India. > Bob > Robert C. Leif, Ph.D. > Email rleif@rleif.com Well, all that aside, I still preferred the unhealthy Harvey's fries! If I wanna eat healthy fries, I'll order them where they makes them! I want my unhealthy Harvey's Fries back. >:-( -- Warren W. Gay VE3WWG http://home.cogeco.ca/~ve3wwg