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=1.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FROM_WORDY, INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,e01bd86884246855 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,fb1663c3ca80b502 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Ken Garlington" Subject: Re: Interresting thread in comp.lang.eiffel Date: 2000/07/12 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 645695154 References: <8ipvnj$inc$1@wanadoo.fr> <8j67p8$afd$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <395886DA.CCE008D2@deepthought.com.au> <3958B07B.18A5BB8C@acm.com> <395A0ECA.940560D1@acm.com> <8jd4bb$na7$1@toralf.uib.no> <8jfabb$1d8$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <8jhq0m$30u5$1@toralf.uib.no> <8jt4j7$19hpk$1@ID-9852.news.cis.dfn.de> <3963CDDE.3E8FB644@earthlink.net> <3963DEBF.79C40BF1@eiffel.com> <2LS85.6100$7%3.493920@news.flash.net> <8k5aru$1odtq$1@ID-9852.news.cis.dfn.de> <8k8pk2$20cab$1@ID-9852.news.cis.dfn.de> <_dS95.9945$7%3.666180@news.flash.net> <#flPTbB7$GA.367@cpmsnbbsa07> X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 X-Complaints-To: abuse@flash.net X-Trace: news.flash.net 963446008 216.215.75.222 (Wed, 12 Jul 2000 18:53:28 CDT) Organization: FlashNet Communications, http://www.flash.net X-MSMail-Priority: Normal NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 18:53:28 CDT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.eiffel Date: 2000-07-12T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: "Bob Allen" wrote in message news:#flPTbB7$GA.367@cpmsnbbsa07... > The same applies when you go to build a system based in part or in whole of > existing components. > You look at the contract that the components offer and decide if the terms > are acceptable. This is (potentially) true if you are buying software components. However, the contractor for Ariane 5 was not buying software components. That's why this model falls apart for Ariane 5.