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From: Reinert Korsnes <reinert.korsnes@chello.no>
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Subject: Re: Recommendations:GIS program in Ada
Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 10:30:10 +0200
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Anders Wirzenius wrote:

> 
> Eric G. Miller wrote in message ...
>>Why would you care if the software was written in Ada?  It's not likely
>>any of the vendors would give you access to their source anyway.
> 
> Because that is one way to promote Ada. Perhaps that makes the vendors
> review their production technology, who knows. You may also require Ada as
> a guarantee that the product quality passes some quality level
> requirements, regardless of how excessive the vendor's product testing
> procedures are. If you buy a wedding ring you probably want it to be of
> gold regardless of what coating and finishing the ring has?

And when it comes to food production - many (?) want to know
how the product is produced.  Tests of the final product is
not good enough.  Some exclusive food can include information 
about what farm the food come from etc.  Quality can come inn
from the earliest stage in a production process (and is not anly
a result from the final tests).

:-)

reinert  

> 
> Anders Wirzenius