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From: "Marc A. Criley" <marc.a.criley@lmco.com>
Subject: Re: Ada publicity example
Date: 2000/05/16
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Duncan Sands wrote:
> 
> The latest (May) issue of Linux Magazine France has an interview
> with Cyrille Comar of ACT-Europe entitled Libre != gratuit
> (Free, in the sense of freedom, != free, in the sense of no cost).
> It is on page 10.  The web site is www.linuxmag-france.org,
> but unfortunately the article doesn't seem to be available
> online yet.  Little is said about Ada, though it is mentioned
> that it is object-oriented and an ANSI (not ISO!) standard,
> and that Ada is used in Boeing 777s + other examples.  The
> interview is mainly concerned with how companies like Boeing + others
> react to the idea of open-source software and the fact that GNAT
> is GPL.
> 
> For me the best bit was discovering that in French the gcc backend
> is the "dorsal gcc"!
> 
> Thought this might interest those concerned with positive publicity
> for Ada.
> 
> Duncan Sands.
> 
> PS: The fact that ACT-Europe took out full page ads in this and the
> previous issue of the magazine may explain how they got this interview
> (this is not a criticism).

It could also be that an astute ACT marketeer recognized that an ACT
employee being interviewed in a Linux mag is an excellent opportunity to
garner some "mind share" for Ada in a happenin' technical area, and the
ads synergize with that.

Marc A. Criley

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