At 08:44 AM 4/22/98 -0500, Crispen, Bob wrote: >What program managers, or rather, good program >managers and their bosses, want is *not* Ada. They >don't want object oriented methodologies or even >processes. > >What they want is reliable, safe software that comes >in on time and on budget. And if they have a decent >regard for the people in the field, they want maintainable >software. No, what they want is a demo as soon as possible. The only projects I have been involved in where there wasn't a continuing culture clash between developers and managers, there was a separate group responsible for prototyping, usually the human factors group. Of course, the human factors group ended up doing the demos. Robert I. Eachus with Standard_Disclaimer; use Standard_Disclaimer; function Message (Text: in Clever_Ideas) return Better_Ideas is...