Re: Ada research survey (NOT !)

[clanfear@yahoo.com (cal)]

Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) wrote in message news:<6I0+NCnyxpwl@eisner.encompasserve.org>...
> In article <35035799.0202070823.2556cf9d@posting.google.com>, clanfear@yahoo.com (cal) writes:
> > Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) wrote in message news:<vHsW7qanJj$0@eisner.encompasserve.org>...
> >> In article <35035799.0202060951.43d785d9@posting.google.com>, clanfear@yahoo.com (cal) writes:
> >> > VDC is conducting the first comprehensive market study of the Ada
> >> > language.
> >> 
> >> Untrue.  The specified web page deals only with embedded use of Ada.
> > 
> > Show me a market study on the Ada Language...
> 
> You are the one in the survey business.  I have been using Ada for
> 14 years, never embedded.

So you say that this is not the first study, but you can not tell me
about another one.



> 
> >> > language.  As part of this research we are looking for developers to
> >> > complete a short survey about their experiences with Ada.  Your
> >> > opinions will help tools vendors to design better tools and understand
> >> > your needs.
> >> 
> >> But the survey page says you cannot complete the survey unless you
> >> provide an email address, so they may contact you in case you win a
> >> prize.  Since the prize was not central to the post here in the
> >> newsgroup, this seems to me just an attempt to collect a mailing
> >> address for spam purposes.
> > 
> > If you do not want to recieve the prizes put in a bogus email.   I do
> > not care.  Last year we gave out 11 Palms VIIs, 15 DVDs and 15 gift
> > certificates to developers and end users who filled out surveys.
> 
> No, I don't lie on surveys.
> 
> And those "prizes" are not of interest to me.

Don't fill it out then...