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=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,30a9bb3017fa58dd X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen) Subject: Re: GNAT versions ( was :Ada compiler for PC?) Date: 1999/04/21 Message-ID: <1999Apr21.142617.1@eisner>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 469230653 X-Nntp-Posting-Host: eisner.decus.org References: <3718ccb6.3581307@news.mindspring.com> <3718d384.254178@news.pacbell.net> <1999Apr20.073527.1@eisner> <7fi2k3$lv9$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <371C99DD.F15ADC4B@spam.com> <7fkkoi$ui$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <371DF7CE.C7D7C1F@spam.com> X-Trace: news.decus.org 924719183 21819 KILGALLEN [192.67.173.2] Organization: LJK Software Reply-To: Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-04-21T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <371DF7CE.C7D7C1F@spam.com>, Glen writes: > Robert Dewar wrote: > >> In article <371C99DD.F15ADC4B@spam.com>, >> SpamSpamSpam wrote: >> > > When someone asks >> > > for the latest version of PowerPoint, they are not >> > > asking >> > > for the development version that some team in Redmond >> > > is using to test out their latest additions and fixes >> ... >> > >> > Yes indeed, but then Power Point isn't GPL software .... >> >> So what? Why should the license under which sotware is >> distributed affect anything with respect to proper quality >> control ... > > And just what affect does releasing "Betas" to the public haveon ACTs > quality control ? Presumably it would increase the number of posts on this issue in comp.lang.ada, although that seems hard to believe. Please take these endless disputes (as distinguished from inquiries) to a software licensing forum and keep them out of comp.lang.ada. Larry Kilgallen