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,FREEMAIL_FROM, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,85034d1ac78a66eb X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-11 07:15:09 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cambridge1-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!bos-service1.ext.raytheon.com!dfw-service2.ext.raytheon.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3C8CBD0F.D96F8CD3@despammed.com> From: Wes Groleau Reply-To: wesgroleau@despammed.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: Ada Operating System References: <3c77b476.322111671@news.cis.dfn.de> <3C88E0D1.89161C16@despammed.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 09:19:59 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 151.168.144.162 X-Complaints-To: news@ext.ray.com X-Trace: dfw-service2.ext.raytheon.com 1015856420 151.168.144.162 (Mon, 11 Mar 2002 08:20:20 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 08:20:20 CST Organization: Raytheon Company Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:21055 Date: 2002-03-11T09:19:59-05:00 List-Id: > etc.) It had to come into existance and find some following by satisfying > some need that wasn't being filled adequately by something else. Hence, > there is reason to believe that should some Ada operating system emerge at > some point, it too might find some following and utilization. That's not too different from my point: some need that isn't filled elsewhere. Microsoft fills the needs of those who like glitz and hype. Macintosh fills the needs of those who like visual elegance. Linux and MANY others fill the needs of those who like to tinker or who like robustness. If AdaOS is perceived as just another OS, the fact that it's in Ada will kill it in the minds of the ignorant masses. -- Wes Groleau http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau