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=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI
	autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: 103376,7bcba1db9ed24fa7
X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public
X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-08 19:47:24 PST
Path: 
 archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!193.251.151.101!opentransit.net!jussieu.fr!enst!enst.fr!not-for-mail
From: "Robert C. Leif, Ph.D." <rleif@rleif.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: RE: is ada dead?
Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2001 19:46:18 -0700
Organization: ENST, France
Sender: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org
Message-ID: <mailman.994646829.26360.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org>
Reply-To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org
NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;
	charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 994646843 8346 137.194.161.2 (9 Jul 2001 02:47:23 GMT)
X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr
NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 02:47:23 +0000 (UTC)
To: <comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org>
Return-Path: <rleif@rleif.com>
X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0)
Importance: Normal
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200
In-Reply-To: <dSS3$7scPc4P@eisner.encompasserve.org>
Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org
X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.4
Precedence: bulk
List-Help: <mailto:comp.lang.ada-request@ada.eu.org?subject=help>
List-Post: <mailto:comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org>
List-Subscribe: <http://ada.eu.org/mailman/listinfo/comp.lang.ada>,
	<mailto: comp.lang.ada-request@ada.eu.org?subject=subscribe>
List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail<->news gateway <comp.lang.ada.ada.eu.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://ada.eu.org/mailman/listinfo/comp.lang.ada>,
	<mailto: comp.lang.ada-request@ada.eu.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://ada.eu.org/pipermail/comp.lang.ada/>
Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org
X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org
Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:9655
Date: 2001-07-08T19:46:18-07:00

From: Bob Leif
To: Larry Kilgallen et al.

Larry Kilgallen wrote, "Typically using practices common in your industry is
an adequate legal
defense in the US."

This did not work for the tobacco industry. In an injury or death case, a
good (properly educated) malpractice lawyer will define the industry to have
required mission critical technology.

-----Original Message-----
From: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org
[mailto:comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org]On Behalf Of Larry Kilgallen
Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 2:29 PM
To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org
Subject: RE: is ada dead?


In article <mailman.994612811.16952.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org>, "Robert C.
Leif, Ph.D." <rleif@rleif.com> writes:

> One very expensive judgment, which includes negligence, against a software
> vendor will suffice to make vendors conscious that they are legally
required
> to use the appropriate tools to create their products.

Typically using practices common in your industry is an adequate legal
defense in the US.