From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_40 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Date: 11 Feb 93 20:26:45 GMT From: agate!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!eff!wo rld!srctran@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Gregory Aharonian) Subject: Re: Why does the DoD hate reuse entrepreneurs Message-ID: List-Id: Mark, All the success to them. But having tried to go down this path before, as have a few other companies, as much as I hate to say it, these guys are a very tough time trying to make a profit in the Ada-mandated world. And if they go into the non-mandated world, with its little use of Ada, they will do even worse, except if they translate their stuff to C++ or Smalltalk, then with good marketing, they can make a lot of money. Like I have said before, it's hard for small, capitalistic entrpreneurial companies like Osiris to survive and thrive in the socialist defense software arena. In fact I will bet you a beer (if you are ever in Boston to collect) that Osiris will not last long enough to be at Tri-Ada '95 (while tax dollar funded reuse centers keep on going and going and going and going, but not doing). (And if C.L. is reading this, ever hear of "COMPONENT COST" !!!) Greg Aharonian Source Translation & Optimization -- ************************************************************************** Greg Aharonian Source Translation & Optimiztion P.O. Box 404, Belmont, MA 02178