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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,583275b6950bf4e6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-03-03 10:06:00 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!beamish.news.atl.earthlink.net!guinness.news.atl.earthlink.net!news.atl.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!harp.news.atl.earthlink.net!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: the Ada mandate, and why it collapsed and died Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 13:04:38 -0500 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Message-ID: References: <3E5EDCB1.C841AFDD@adaworks.com> <3E60215B.8E1CB727@adaworks.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: d1.56.be.f0 X-Server-Date: 3 Mar 2003 18:05:59 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:34832 Date: 2003-03-03T18:05:59+00:00 List-Id: Keep in mind that there is a *lot* more that goes into profitability of a company than just the language they use to build their software. There is also a *lot* more that goes into "reliable" software than just the language you use. Ultimately, you can't really cover up that you use Ada - someone who works for you will likely spill the beans somewhere along the line. And so what? Ada and its benefits aren't a secret, so you might as well use it as a kind of "Product Distinction". You build a better product by more than just the language, but you get the publicity and prestige of using Ada as you build name recognition with other companies doing similar. MDC -- ====================================================================== Marin David Condic I work for: http://www.belcan.com/ My project is: http://www.jsf.mil/ Send Replies To: m c o n d i c @ a c m . o r g "Going cold turkey isn't as delicious as it sounds." -- H. Simpson ====================================================================== John R. Strohm wrote in message news:AC5A70708B0D5BD6.5F1D648C6442669C.B4530F6760F852E0@lp.airnews.net... > > Actually, there's a flip side. > > If Ada really is as good as we all believe it is, if it really does offer > the productivity gains we all believe it does, then a company that took Ada > seriously for product development would quickly carve out a > price/performance/profitability niche that no one else could touch. That > company would, out of enlightened self-interest, KEEP QUIET about the fact > that they were using Ada, treating it as competition-sensitive proprietary > information. (To quote Mary Jane, "Does Macy's tell Gimbel's?") > > On the gripping hand, at least some of those competitors would send their > development offshore to India, where programmers cost half as much (or less) > than they do in the U.S. The recent Slashdot pieces about Microsoft come to > mind. > > >