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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c6c96fe0302f04f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-08-16 08:25:04 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!syros.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!fr.usenet-edu.net!usenet-edu.net!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: Eric Merritt Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: POLL: Would you use Ada more if... Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 08:24:35 -0700 (PDT) Organization: ENST, France Sender: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org Message-ID: Reply-To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 1029511503 96956 137.194.161.2 (16 Aug 2002 15:25:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 15:25:03 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: In-Reply-To: <3D5D1462.1EBB9A95@san.rr.com> Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.12 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail<->news gateway List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:28109 Date: 2002-08-16T08:24:35-07:00 Darren, > > The problem with this kind of thinking is that > *every* company is a *money* > company. :-) The engineers and developers are only > there to make money for > the accountants to account for. Nope, The Accountants are only there to keep track of the money the Engineers and Developers bring into the company. Its all in how you look at things I guess. Other then that I would agree that after the orginal founder leaves a company is likly to go downhill. Assuming, of course, that the company was a good company to begin with. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com