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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,a073fa836a03b290 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-15 14:24:51 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!ra.nrl.navy.mil!dca6-feed2.news.algx.net!allegiance!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!cyclone.socal.rr.com!cyclone3.kc.rr.com!news3.kc.rr.com!twister.socal.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3CE2D238.50F3EFD1@san.rr.com> From: Darren New X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: [OT] Gnat cross compiling FreeBSD to Win32 ? References: <3CD1FFC5.4050607@qwest.net> <5ee5b646.0205030057.7cb47a2d@posting.google.com> <3CDD3699.2090809@qwest.net> <4519e058.0205130633.478cc872@posting.google.com> <3CE15DC0.480B8FE8@san.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 21:24:51 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.75.151.160 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.socal.rr.com 1021497891 66.75.151.160 (Wed, 15 May 2002 14:24:51 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 14:24:51 PDT Organization: RoadRunner - West Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:24129 Date: 2002-05-15T21:24:51+00:00 List-Id: Marin David Condic wrote: > The only dispute I might have with the article is that just because there > are weaknesses in the distributed, volunteer, open source development model > that lots of apps can't or won't appear for Linux. Agreed. I'd missed that conflation the first time I read it. Yeah, Linux is a wash on the desktop right now because there aren't desktop apps for it of the same quality as what you can get for Windows, but that doesn't mean there wouldn't be closed-source apps if Linux was out there a lot. And yes, the problem with the AdaOS is the lack of apps. The chicken-egg thing. But if an OS is supposed to provide general services, it would seem a "killer app" wouldn't need a new OS, yes? Unless no existing OS was suitable for developing the app, at which point the app and the OS become one? -- Darren New San Diego, CA, USA (PST). Cryptokeys on demand. ** http://home.san.rr.com/dnew/DNResume.html ** ** http://images.fbrtech.com/dnew/ ** My brain needs a "back" button so I can remember where I left my coffee mug.