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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,e60fe41dcabc5f5d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Ted Dennison Subject: Re: GNAT 3.03 for OS/2 Date: 1996/03/29 Message-ID: <315C13FC.5988@escmail.orl.mmc.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 144841732 references: <4iufbc$cj9@twonky.btv.ibm.com> <4j6756$knt@twonky.btv.ibm.com> <4j8t6p$ae2@usenet.srv.cis.pitt.edu> <4j948j$jk7@twonky.btv.ibm.com> <4jbduo$1pi@swlpqf.msd.ray.com> <315ABF60.2241@escmail.orl.mmc.com> content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: Lockheed Martin Marine Systems mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: comp.lang.ada x-mailer: Mozilla 2.01 (X11; I; HP-UX A.09.01 9000/750) Date: 1996-03-29T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Robert Dewar wrote: > > Well we are certainly not soliciting donations, but a couple of people have > been eager to make donations. I didn't want these just to get folded into > ACT's operating expenses, so I decided to match them from ACT funds, and > create a special prize fund to be used to award prizes to students who > make valuable contributions to the free software world in general, and > GNAT in particular. Hmmm. Having been in acedemia yourself, I'm sure you have some special insight as to why it is more important to encourage students than the general population at large, but I'm confused. Why just students? Also, if someone were to go out and enroll in a basket weaving course at the local community college, whould they then qualify? :-) -- T.E.D. | Work - mailto:dennison@escmail.orl.mmc.com | | Home - mailto:dennison@iag.net | | URL - http://www.iag.net/~dennison |