From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,92c39a3be0a7f17d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-03 09:25:26 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!paloalto-snf1.gtei.net!chcgil2-snh1.gtei.net!cambridge1-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!bos-service1.ext.raytheon.com!dfw-service2.ext.raytheon.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3C0BB57F.61887AFD@sparc01.ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> From: Wes Groleau Reply-To: wwgrol@sparc01.ftw.rsc.raytheon.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en,es-MX,es,pt,fr-CA,fr MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Future with Ada References: <3wdH7.20135$xS6.32614@www.newsranger.com> <9tqete0gqc@drn.newsguy.com> <3C0924D6.2B5A3087@adaworks.com> <3C0A87E4.6C334D4@adaworks.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2001 12:25:19 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 151.168.144.162 X-Complaints-To: news@ext.ray.com X-Trace: dfw-service2.ext.raytheon.com 1007400325 151.168.144.162 (Mon, 03 Dec 2001 11:25:25 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2001 11:25:25 CST Organization: Raytheon Company Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:17352 Date: 2001-12-03T12:25:19-05:00 List-Id: > On a scale less grand, we need some original products written in Ada > that attract a commercial following. With all the brainpower that exists > in this forum, I find it odd that there are no entrepreneurs with the chutzpah > to take on this kind of project, no one with the imagination to conceive a > new product or improved version of an existing product. When Ada succeeds > in the commercial marketplace, it will be because Ada enthusiasts have > started to build viable commercial products in the language. Once that > happens. Others will follow and corporations will take Ada seriously. I have plenty of chutzpah and enough imagination to think up good products. What I do not have is time, and business talent. -- Wes Groleau http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau