Ada publicity example

Ada publicity example

[Duncan Sands]

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).

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 Laboratoire de Topologie et Dynamique, Batiment 425,
 Universite de Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay, France
 sands@topo.math.u-psud.fr
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Re: Ada publicity -- 777

[Al Christians]

Duncan Sands wrote:
> 
> and that Ada is used in Boeing 777s + other examples.  The
> interview is mainly concerned with how companies like Boeing + others


It might not be particular advantageous at present to emphasize the
777 connection.  The plane is getting some pretty bad press of late.
These things are unrelated to Ada, but it might be better to look
elsewhere for positive examples for a while.

Al

Re: Ada publicity example

[Marc A. Criley]

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

> 
> --
>  ----
>  Laboratoire de Topologie et Dynamique, Batiment 425,
>  Universite de Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay, France
>  sands@topo.math.u-psud.fr
>  ----

Re: Ada publicity example

[Robert Dewar]

In article <3921345D.63A7DA04@lmco.com>,
  "Marc A. Criley" <marc.a.criley@lmco.com> wrote:
> 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

Something like that :-)

Robert Dewar
Ada Core Technologies

P.S. All of us, users, vendors, hobbyists etc should always be
on the lookout for opportunities like this!


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Re: Ada publicity example

[Florian Weimer]

Robert Dewar <dewar@gnat.com> writes:

> P.S. All of us, users, vendors, hobbyists etc should always be
> on the lookout for opportunities like this!

What about this? :)

http://www.technocrat.net/957676460/index_html [sic]