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: 103376,583275b6950bf4e6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-05-22 23:13:04 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-06!sn-xit-08!supernews.com!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!harp.news.atl.earthlink.net!not-for-mail From: Richard Riehle Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Quality systems (Was: Using Ada for device drivers? (Was: the Ada mandate, and why it collapsed and died)) Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 23:15:06 -0700 Organization: AdaWorks Software Engineering Message-ID: <3ECDBC6A.F6F06C96@adaworks.com> References: <9fa75d42.0305141747.5680c577@posting.google.com> <7GGwa.849701$F1.107635@sccrnsc04> <3EC3A45B.4A34A487@easystreet.com> <5e9b8c34.0305211211.75bdfc5d@posting.google.com> Reply-To: richard@adaworks.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 3f.bb.a0.34 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server-Date: 23 May 2003 06:13:03 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:37669 Date: 2003-05-23T06:13:03+00:00 List-Id: Randy Brukardt wrote: > In any case, Meridian was sold to Verdix, who was sold to Rational, who > was sold to IBM. I'm pretty sure no one can find that anymore. RRS is > still here; we'll still support Janus/Ada 83. And no one is supporting Meridian anymore. Rational, after acquiring ownership of Meridian promptly sold it to another publisher. If I recall correctly, that was Harcourt-Brace. No one has any idea what Harcourt intended to do with it but they seem to have allowed it to vanish. Any current copy of Meridian is probably out of copyright and can probably be used freely. However, as Randy points out, Janus is still supported and can be purchased at a pretty reasonable price. Richard Riehle