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, INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,cc7bad83fb245cb3 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Vladimir Olensky" Subject: Re: Binding a type to a union. Date: 1999/11/28 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 554063841 References: <81pum2$s1a$1@nnrp1.deja.com> Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Date: 1999-11-28T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Robert Dewar wrote in message <81pum2$s1a$1@nnrp1.deja.com>... [..] > ... at the moment the extensions are being >driven primarily by customer input to vendors, we are certainly >not in the mode of asking the community for neat ideas! I think this is one of the biggest problems for Ada in general and it stems from the fact that for a long period of time Ada was sponsored by DoD and Ada business was done in a closed market. This approach may be of some value as a short term tactic but as a long term strategy it leads nowhere. This is the ABC of the Hi-Tech business that in order in succeed in a long run a company should invest some part of it's profits into research and development area (including possible markets , technology areas, new products, new trends that soon become a market demand etc.). Even if (5-10)% of such investments would outcome in something useful that is a little bit ahead of the time (and competitors's products ) then that investments would be much rewarded. If a company fails in this area then regardless of how good was it's initial position it will lose the game as in a long run it would be lagging behind others. There are many examples when companies founded by persons genuine in science in technologies failed as the same person was defining company market approach (please, please do not think that I am talking about ACT - I am talking in general :-). Genuine management is as important for successful business as all other aspects of business. Approach described as "first money - than new product for that money" is a deadline in an open market business (in closed market it works OK). In an open market the main rule is quite the opposite: "first new product - then money if that product succeeds" Regards, Vladimir Olensky