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=3.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,INVALID_DATE, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!ginosko!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!tank!eecae!netnews.upenn.edu!linc.cis.upenn.edu!farber From: farber@linc.cis.upenn.edu (David Farber) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: writing operating systems in ADA Message-ID: <15779@netnews.upenn.edu> Date: 22 Oct 89 15:42:35 GMT References: <6991@ingr.com> <6842@hubcap.clemson.edu> <14008@grebyn.com> Sender: news@netnews.upenn.edu Reply-To: farber@linc.cis.upenn.edu (David Farber) Organization: University of Pennsylvania List-Id: There are many reasons one can sell off a enterprise , sometime its not only due to technical problems or sales. Note that GM sold off EDS and EDS was not a failure. David Farber; Prof. of CIS and EE, U of Penn, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6389 Tele: 215-898-9508(off); 215-274-8292 (home); FAX: 215-274-8192; Cellular: 302-740- 1198 "The fundamental principle of science, the definition almost, is this: the sole test of the validity of any idea is experiment." -- R. P. Feynman