"Who are those guys?"

"Who are those guys?"

[spray]

I just received a flyer in the mail on the AdaVantage compiler
from Meridian Software Systems (23141 Verdugo Dr, Suite 105,
Laguna Hills CA 92653; 800-221-2522; 714-380-9800)

To quote the intro:

"The full power of Ada is now available for your IBM PC, PC/XT,
 or PC/AT. Everything from discriminants to generics to tasking.
 And no extra memory boards or co-processor boards required.
 And it's fast. And it's for a price you can afford."

($129.95 since you ask.)

Nice digs at Janus, Alsys, Oasys, Ada/ED and Artek. But I remember the
Digital Eletronics System flyer for ALS that in 1981 promised an Ada
compiler for the Apple II and the TRS-80. So my question for the net,
especially those on the Waste Coast, is to quote Butch Cassidy:

"Who are those guys?"

Rob Spray
Electrospace Systems Inc
...convex!smu!spray
spray%smu@csnet-relay

ADA is a service mark of the American Dental Association

Re: "Who are those guys?"

[Jerry Sweet]

Apologies to those of you who've seen this message already; I'm
re-sending it because there're reasons to believe that it didn't get
through the first time.  -jns

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Date:    Tue, 13 Jan 87 12:20:18 -0800 
From:    Jerry Sweet <jsweet@ICSE.UCI.EDU>
To:      spray%smu@relay.cs.net
cc:      info-ada@ada20.isi.edu, jsweet@ICSE.UCI.EDU
Subject: Re: "Who are those guys?" 


I'm one of "those guys", although I generally wear a different hat on
the net.  Here is the answer to your question ("just the facts!"):

Meridian Software Systems, Inc. is a software house that's been around
since 1981.  Meridian, once known as Local Network Systems, has been
developing and selling Pascal and C native and cross compilers; more
recently they've been developing and selling Ada compilers.  

The flyer contains most of the answers to questions about the compiler
that you're likely to ask.  As I said, I try to wear a different
(non-commercial) hat on the net, so please use Meridian as your first
source of information (800-221-2522 toll-free outside California,
714-380-9800 inside California).

For a review of the compiler (with benchmarks), refer to the December,
1986 issue of Computer Language magazine.

Jerry Sweet
Member of the Technical Staff
Meridian Software Systems, Inc.

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Re: "Who are those guys?"

[Yul J. Inn]

In article <51500002@smu> spray@smu writes:
>
>I just received a flyer in the mail on the AdaVantage compiler
>from Meridian Software Systems (23141 Verdugo Dr, Suite 105,
>Laguna Hills CA 92653; 800-221-2522; 714-380-9800)
>
> ...
>
>"Who are those guys?"
>
Meridian Ada was reviewed in the 12/86 issue of Computer Language together
with Artek and Janus.  It compared favorably with these two (mainly because
Artek and Janus failed most of the tests!).  Despite the favorable comparison,
the article reports that Meridian Ada is incomplete but validation was planned
for 1/87.  Upon calling Meridian, they now estimate validating in 3/87 (the
usual sliding validation date).

Furthermore, the article claimed updates (including validated version) would
be free!  But checking with Meridian, the updates will now be $50 (not bad, I
suppose).

 Yul Inn
 ESL, A Subsidiary of TRW
 UUCP: ...!lll-lcc!esl!yji

Re: "Who are those guys?"

[Jerry Sweet]

	Despite the favorable comparison, the article reports
	that Meridian Ada is incomplete but validation was
	planned for 1/87.  Upon calling Meridian, they now
	estimate validating in 3/87 (the usual sliding
	validation date).

Eric W. Olsen, President/CEO of Meridian Software Systems, responds:
"Validation has always been planned for first quarter 1987.  We had no
opportunity to review the article, so we cannot be responsible for
errors in content."

-jns