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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,bf43a183ce108291 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-09-07 19:19:01 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!darwin.sura.net!source.asset.com!source.asset.com!not-for-mail From: bishopm@source.asset.com (Michael M. Bishop) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Government Policy on Ada Acquisitions Date: 6 Sep 1994 23:26:35 -0400 Organization: Asset Source for Software Engineering Technology Message-ID: <34jbtb$1b41@source.asset.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: source.asset.com Date: 1994-09-06T23:26:35-04:00 List-Id: In article , Jim Dorman wrote: [...snip...] >The government terminated the Ada9X User/Implementer projects for >commercial companies in order to fund the development of a free >non-validated compiler (GNAT) for the Free Software Foundation, an >organization which blatantly espouses the concept that >intellectual property created by others should be free to the >public if it happens to be software? I hate to sling terms around, >but truly, truly, this is socialism at its quintessence. It should be mentioned here that there are free GNU C and C++ compilers available, also. This is one of the reasons that GNAT was developed. Many people will choose C or C++ over Ada for development purposes because they can get free compilers. One of the purposes of GNAT is to get quick, early exposure for Ada 9X. Since GNAT is free, people will probably be more likely to try it out. If they like what they see, they might be motivated to buy a validated compiler system for use on projects, since GNAT is a non-validated compiler (actually, a translator). The main reason for projects like GNAT is to try to generate a larger market for Ada so more vendors will get involved. So, these guys (DISA, etc.) have capitalism in mind. Don't throw words like "socialism" around in an attempt to alarm people. I believe that the vast majority of c.l.a. readers aren't going to fall for that. -- | Mike Bishop | The opinions expressed here reflect | | bishopm@source.asset.com | those of this station, its management, | | Member: Team Ada | and the entire world. |