From: "Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.acm.org>
Subject: Re: Any Ada in this? Or would Ada have helped Toyota save $2b?...
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:32:18 -0700
Date: 2010-02-05T14:32:18-07:00 [thread overview]
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In-Reply-To: <b95c525c-00e5-4c67-9b79-944984653add@b10g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>
sjw wrote:
>
> Actually it says 'The Japanese government has also ordered Toyota to
> investigate brake problems but the company says it was "alleviated" at
> the end of last month by making changes to the software in the braking
> system.' It's quite common in my line of business to have to accept
> the rest of the system as it is, warts and all, and compensate for any
> of their problems in our software.
"How many hardware engineers does it take to change a light bulb? None; we'll
fix it in software."
--
Jeff Carter
"He didn't get that nose from playing ping-pong."
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
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2010-02-04 12:47 Any Ada in this? Or would Ada have helped Toyota save $2b? Martin
2010-02-04 16:14 ` Adam Beneschan
2010-02-04 16:58 ` Martin
2010-02-04 18:17 ` Hibou57 (Yannick Duchêne)
2010-02-04 20:05 ` Adam Beneschan
2010-02-05 9:59 ` Alex R. Mosteo
2010-02-05 16:48 ` Colin Paul Gloster
2010-02-05 20:31 ` sjw
2010-02-05 21:32 ` Jeffrey R. Carter [this message]
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