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From: Richard Riehle <richard@adaworks.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: The Hobby Lobby was Windows CE?
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 14:42:21 -0700
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David Botton wrote:

> Speaking as one of the many "willing to commit their own resources to the
> creation of products programmed in Ada", it is just as important to have
> people use, test and comment on the creations! The encouragement from a pat
> on the back, "hey that's cool" goes a long way and nothing, nothing is
> better than some one telling you that there is a bug in the code or pointing
> out a cool feature to add, perhaps even sending in some change or addition.

David,

You are one of those people who best epitomizes the
entrepreneurial spirit about which I was writing.  Others
include Randy Brukhardt, along with too many
to name individually.

Now we need to take the work of you tool makers,
and begin building commercial products in Ada,
products that reflect the special properties of the language,
products characterized by their reliability, portability,
maintainability, and extensibility.

Keep up the good work, David.  You have made a significant
contribution to the Ada toolset.  And, as you say, you have
done it on your own nickel.   I often mention you  in my classes as
a person who has taken on this "labor of love." You have produced
a body of work in which you can take pride.

Richard Riehle