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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,3cd3b8571c28b75f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-08-21 17:04:16 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.algonet.se!algonet!news-stob.telia.net!telia.net!217.209.241.173.MISMATCH!masternews.telia.net.!newsc.telia.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: David Holm Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: A Customer's Request For Open Source Software Message-ID: <20030822020403.625ffbf5.david@realityrift.com> References: <3F44BC65.4020203@noplace.com> <20030822005323.2ff66948.david@realityrift.com> X-Newsreader: Sylpheed version 0.9.4claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="pgp-sha1"; boundary="=.RKp+FtqPM+'LqA" Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 00:04:16 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 217.208.105.88 X-Complaints-To: abuse@telia.com X-Trace: newsc.telia.net 1061510656 217.208.105.88 (Fri, 22 Aug 2003 02:04:16 CEST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 02:04:16 CEST Organization: Telia Internet Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:41776 Date: 2003-08-22T00:04:16+00:00 List-Id: --=.RKp+FtqPM+'LqA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Another issue I see is that even though it would be a great idea to write t= his in Ada (I'm thinking of stability here), there will be problems finding programmers who= are able to work on it. One way of making it easier for people to help the project might be = to write the backend in Ada with a module loader (dlopen/dlsym/dlclose would d othe trick). That= way people can contribute to the project without knowing Ada and the backend can still be = kept solid. By using some database system like berkley db for universal datastorage (by all modu= les) and implementing a recovery system in the backend you should be able to have a solid system = even though it will be tainted by other languages. //David Holm On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 23:11:23 GMT "Stephane Richard" wrote: > Well I did a commercial Payroll system in my career...I know accounting, > inventory management, and just about everything in between, I've dont a l= ot > of industry specific application development. and I'm thinking of doign = an > OpenSource project :-)....that message on the group made me realize how m= uch > it was lacking, but I agree, we need to replace such things as MYOB > Accounting or atleast have an equivalent of. We need business management > software, stats and probabilities, trend analysis, financial advisory too= ls, > and everything else that can be used in a business. so I'm game. Also d= one > a Point of Sale commercial application which integrated accounting behind > the scene. >=20 > He is right, as much as we do need the people who are updating the kernel, > coming up with server apps, programming languages sure that's all good. = But > I think we equally need business quality solutions. and that does > lack....think about it, a lot of databases are available for Linux, but w= hat > applications make very good use of these databases? if not by us, by > someone else, but that field does need to get covered. In my book :-)... >=20 > --=20 > St=E9phane Richard > Senior Software and Technology Supervisor > http://www.totalweb-inc.com > For all your hosting and related needs > "David Holm" wrote in message > news:20030822005323.2ff66948.david@realityrift.com... >=20 >=20 --=.RKp+FtqPM+'LqA Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/RV32xVDe1wIoqX0RAg8AAJ9Ii6a43oI7qUHzq53KYmZ5fbTAGwCeLVJ/ 6rtLCIjxFo4GLajypCQqx9E= =B0CL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=.RKp+FtqPM+'LqA--