Help for Apex and VADS Users on AIX

Help for Apex and VADS Users on AIX

[Michelle L. Kunz]

Where can you turn when your compiler vendor tells you the hottest new
release of your chosen platform's OS is not going to be supported?

OC Systems' PowerAda toolset is available for all supported versions of
AIX, including AIX 4.2. And to ensure you're not left stranded on an
unsupported product, OC Systems commits to support your platform for a
minimum of ten years (with continuous paid maintenance). No other vendor
makes this unprecedented guarantee.

Now, for a limited time, OC Systems is offering free on-site support to
AIX users who request an evaluation copy of PowerAda and need to
transition from another vendor's product.  

Key features of PowerAda include:

- Best code quality for PowerPC chips.
- SMP (Symmetrical Multi-Processor) enabled. Ada tasks can be pinned
  to a single processor or automatically dispatched to separate
  processors.
- Interactive source browsers and multi-language source-level debugger.
- Object class browser and unit graphing tools. 
- Automatic program (re)build capabilities. 
- Multi-user library structure. 
- Includes the Aprobe real-time analysis and debugging toolkit.
- Validated Ada 95 and Ada 83 compiler, with common tool functionality
  in both modes. 
- Field proven on many large-scale projects, including US and UK Air
  Traffic Control systems and complex distributed simulation projects. 
- Free to academic institutions.
- Maintenance available for at least ten years to guarantee stability. 
- The best technical support in the industry. 
- Fully integrated Configuration Management support.

Contact info@ocsystems.com for more information, or call us at
703.359.8160.

Re: Help for Apex and VADS Users on AIX

[Robert Dewar]

Michelle said

<<OC Systems' PowerAda toolset is available for all supported versions of
AIX, including AIX 4.2. And to ensure you're not left stranded on an
unsupported product, OC Systems commits to support your platform for a
minimum of ten years (with continuous paid maintenance). No other vendor
makes this unprecedented guarantee.>>

Actually it would surprise me if all Ada vendors do not make similar
guarantees. Certainly in many of the large projects using GNAT, we have
made similar guarantees, in one case for a period of twenty years. Ada
tends to be used in projects with very long life cycles, so long term
support is often a critical component to be considered.

Robert Dewar
Ada Core Technologies