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From: "Michael Hartsough" <Michael-Hartsough@mediaone.net>
Subject: Re: Converting Ada Tasks To VxWorks Tasks?
Date: 2000/04/15
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"Stanley R. Allen" <Stanley_R_Allen-NR@raytheon.com> wrote in message
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> Michael Hartsough wrote:
>
> I recommend making yourself hard to retain.  Ada developers are
> in demand all over.

Unfortunately, to continue to work in Ada I would have to relocate.
Which is fine with me. But whenever I suggest to the "Mrs". that I could
get a better job in San Diego, or Seattle, or Rhode Island, or
Wherever, her response is always the same. "Good-Bye".
So basically, I'm stuck here.

>  If they want to convert Ada to C, they need
> people like you.  Tell them to forget it -- that you'll go elsewhere.

Won't work. Official policy is that nobody's indispensible. Especially
an Ada & Multitasking Advocate.  ;^)

Later,
            Michael