Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!ginosko!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!husc6!bunny!jwg1 From: jwg1@gte.com (James W. Gish) Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel Subject: Re: Eiffel-generated C is useless Message-ID: Date: 9 Oct 89 16:01:14 GMT References: <73293@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> <345@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov> <204@eiffel.UUCP> Sender: jwg1@GTE.COM Organization: GTE Laboratories Incorporated, Waltham, MA Lines: 26 In-reply-to: bertrand@eiffel.UUCP's message of 6 Oct 89 19:09:13 GMT In article <204@eiffel.UUCP> bertrand@eiffel.UUCP (Bertrand Meyer) writes: I apologize to anyone whose personal plans were disrupted by the delay in putting out 2.2 and I hope that the result is worth the wait. Apology accepted, BUT for future reference, it is not a simple manner of one's "personal plans" being disrupted; it is a matter of "corporate" plans being disrupted. This is a far different matter. I am fortunate that I work in a research lab where milestones are somewhat flexible. Others are not so fortunate. If suppliers do not meet their ship dates, it can have a serious ripple effect that can cost dollars and jobs. Also, multiple slips are anathema. Please consider this the next time a release date is set. I understand the complexity of launching a new product and the tradeoffs that have to be made and that sometimes they are very difficult to swallow. In the future, Dr. Meyer, please attempt to keep your customers informed at the earliest possible time in the event of a slippage in delivery dates. This will help us make lower-risk planning decisions. -- Jim Gish GTE Laboratories, Inc., Waltham, MA CSNET: jgish@gte.com UUCP: ..!harvard!bunny!jwg1