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,LOTS_OF_MONEY autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,3cd3b8571c28b75f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-08-22 18:39:14 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!elnk-pas-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!cyclone.socal.rr.com!cyclone2.kc.rr.com!news2.kc.rr.com!twister.neo.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Subject: Re: A Customer's Request For Open Source Software From: jim hopper Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Message-ID: <220820032140353350%hopperj@macconnect.com> References: <3F44BC65.4020203@noplace.com> <20030822005323.2ff66948.david@realityrift.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Thoth/1.6.0 (Carbon/OS X) Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 01:47:53 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.164.82.69 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.neo.rr.com 1061603273 24.164.82.69 (Fri, 22 Aug 2003 21:47:53 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 21:47:53 EDT Organization: Road Runner High Speed Online -- Northeast Ohio Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:41811 Date: 2003-08-23T01:47:53+00:00 List-Id: Have you all seen this: http://www.redrocketconsortium.com/zbc/index.html its in ada here is the intro: In June of 2001 I started a project to build an application that would allow small and midsize businesses the same level of inventory, order entry, sales tracking and accounting functionality as would be expected from commercial applications. I wanted it Open Source (GPL, specifically), cross-platform, and international. I wanted to make it possible for the little guy who can't afford the $60,000 for a commercial application and the yearly annual license fees to bring his business into the modern age