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From: "Marin D. Condic" <mcondic-nospam@quadruscorp.com>
Subject: Re: :-)  A Brand-New Language!  :-)
Date: 2000/04/01
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O.K. Pretty clever for 1/4/00. 

Actually though, you could see a lot of the anti-Ada bigotry go away if
the language were to be changed a little bit for appearances, then
backed by some large computer-industry vendor under another name.
Imagine if Mr. Gates decided that if Sun could have a language of their
own, then Micro$oft shouldn't be deprived of a suitable incompatible
alternative. Call the language "Countess" or something and market it as
the MS alternative to Java. The beauty of it is that most of the
technical work is already done.

Just an idea that might fly. Anybody got Bill Gates' e-mail address? ;-)

MDC

John Herro wrote:
> 
> 2000-April-01
> -------------
> Let's face it: the popularity of Ada is declining.  To solve this problem,
> Software Innovations Technology has invented a brand new language!  It's
> enough like Ada to have most of Ada's advantages, but different enough that
> people won't recognize it as Ada.  We plan to call our brand new language
> "Just Another Version of Ada."  (Unfortunately, the similarites and
> differences between the two languages will be very confusing for any poor
> soul who tries to learn both languages!)
> 
> Applets written in Just Another Version of Ada will enable web surfers to do
> many wonderful things.  For example, here's some very exciting news!  Thanks
> to Just Another Version of Ada, you'll be able to search through the entire
> world, looking for web sites that offer "Beans."  After you've collected
> about a million Beans, you'll be able to exchange them for great prizes,
> such as our own Fabulous Ada Requirements Tester!
> 
> Just Another Version of Ada should revolutionize the Internet!  Since our
> brand new language is so earth shaking, be sure to forward this posting to
> everybody you know.  Heck, for that matter, forward this posting to
> everybody you DON'T know! :)
> 
> - John Herro
> Software Innovations Technology

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