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=1.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c8086456b887be55 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 11232c,ab67bdd1ff50fd8 X-Google-Attributes: gid11232c,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-04-27 20:26:49 PST Path: newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!sn-xit-01!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: "Peter Richtmyer" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,misc.misc Subject: Re: Ada, Software Engineering and "weirdoes" (was License to Steal) Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 23:25:39 -0400 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: Reply-To: "Peter Richtmyer" References: <92HD6.3345$D4.334091@www.newsranger.com> <200104240531.WAA01552@well.com> <3AE5A34F.B89C8D5F@boeing.com> <3AE9AD0B.79593A@boeing.com> X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Xref: newsfeed.google.com comp.lang.ada:7009 misc.misc:2638 Date: 2001-04-27T23:25:39-04:00 List-Id: "Jeffrey Carter" wrote in message news:3AE9AD0B.79593A@boeing.com... > A "weirdo" in common American usage is simply someone who is > significantly different from the norm You are saying is that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Mother Theresa, Frank Sinatra and Michael Jordan. are weirdos. since they are all "significantly different from the norm". :-) But that is an aside. The article I mentioned before, "Software and Society" by Don Gray, can be found at. http://www.geraldmweinberg.com/READING.html and select "Readings". There is alot of good stuff there. enjoy. Peter "Expect the Best..."