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"W. Wesley Groleau x4923" <[log in to unmask]>
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W. Wesley Groleau x4923
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Thu, 15 Jun 2000 08:18:09 -0500
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> ...... If you get bottom-of-the-barrel
> C++ people for $30k/yr, the rewrite will cost at least $900k. Since
> teams of more than about 10 people are less effective than smaller
> teams, it will also take about 3 years. I suggest that you can train
> existing or available personnel to use Ada effectively for much less
> than that. I suspect you could even obtain the source code for an
> open-source compiler and provide your own compiler for the duration of
> the program for less than that.

I can't imagine any Ada vendor charging that much.  I know either Rational
Apex with support or GNAT support would be MUCH less than $900K.

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Wes Groleau
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau

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