From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_20 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Date: 8 Sep 93 14:05:17 GMT From: aio!usenet@ames.arc.nasa.gov (John Cobarruvias) Subject: Re: A very successful Ada marketing disaster Message-ID: <1993Sep8.140517.27918@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> List-Id: In article <26kmql$ht@europa.eng.gtefsd.com> jwilson@mtgy.gtegsc.com (Jon Wilson, PRC) writes: >I think we should all commend Gregory Aharonian for his efforts. >I wish more people had the time and inclination to support some >of the ideas he has come up with. It is obvious that we all have >some interest in Ada sticking around, otherwise we wouldn't be >reading this group. > >I find it hard to believe that a commercial organization isn't >willing to invest in an opportunity that could improve their >customer base. (Especially when someone is willing to volunteer >their own time. Microsoft is willing to spend money sponsoring >football games to make OS/2 a household name, and _some_ Ada >vendors aren't willing to support a proponent at a conference. Uh.....it's called: MONEY. If there is MONEY to be made, then the vendors will do whatever is necessary to get their share. And if there is no MONEY to be made, then they will do something else. I think that as long as Greg follows his pipe dream on his own time and MONEY, while losing MONEY, then more power to him. Whatever gets him off. But don't go bashing vendors who rely on generating MONEY for not supporting him. Hey its business and business only. Hum.....maybe we should elect Greg as a Civil Service employee in the IRS. His efforts and dedication to the elimination of waste would be a wonderful resource. > >Go figure. > >--- >Jon R. Wilson Work: (205) 215-5477 >Senior Computer Analyst Fax: (205) 215-5522 >PRC, Inc. jwilson@mtgy.gtegsc.com > > << << << Every disclaimer I can think of applies. >> >> >> > > ************************************************************* John R. Cobarruvias, Texas A&M Class of '78, NASA Johnson Space Center Houston Tx. (713)483-9357 "Your pain will be legendary" (Hellraiser I) "And to think..................I hesitated" (Hellraiser II) "These pins are killing me!" (Pinhead in Hellraiser IV) *************************************************************