Re: Another point of view

[world!srctran@uunet.uu.net (Gregory Aharonian)]

>>Let me paraphrase this from the point of view of an owner
>>of a small business whose revenue is, in part, from Ada training.
>>
>>As a dis-service to the business community we will be taking
>>some of the income tax paid by companies and using to give away
>>for free the product that the companies have developed and are
>>selling.
>>
>>Think about it!

>What a whine bag. I see it more as:
>Really, Sam, I don't believe that Captain Cook is going to take
>bread out of anyone's mouth but may very well bring new users to
>YOUR door for more info, maybe even more business.

   I'm sorry Mark, but I side with Sam.  There are too many examples of
what Sam is complaining about.  For example, I am trying to run a software
reuse consulting business.  My main competitors are ASSET, DSRO, and VCOE
inside the DoD, and NTTC out of the Commerce Department.  All tax-funded
efforts who don't have to charge and can advertise, while I have to charge
and can't afford to advertise.  Admittedly Dave's course will have little
to no impact on the fostering of Ada, but considering the DoD's pathetic
success rate in fostering Ada outside of the Mandated world, I would give
my vote to Sam.

    Now if Dave were to give a course to Ada compiler vendors and Ada DoD
contractors on how to promote Ada outside of the Mandated world, now that
I would support.  Lesson 1: How to avoid Hypocrisy...........

Greg Aharonian
Source Translation & Optimization
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