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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,52a0bacbcdd2da17 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-08-14 04:27:04 PST Message-ID: <3F3B79DC.33C2@mail.ru> Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 13:00:28 +0100 From: Dmytry Lavrov X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Realtime/embedded project to help with employment. References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.248.15.120 X-Trace: shknews01 1060851494 213.248.15.120 (14 Aug 2003 16:58:14 +0800) Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp1.phx1.gblx.net!nntp.gblx.net!nntp.gblx.net!news2.ilink.net!shknews01 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:41437 Date: 2003-08-14T13:00:28+01:00 List-Id: Robert C. Leif wrote: > > Actually, it is NOT monopoly. Microsoft has had the splendid luck of having > really dumb competitors. IBM made Microsoft when it told its customers that > they would need Microchannel PCs to run OS/2. IBM was also stupid enough to > stay with the Intel 286, with the result that Compact brought out the first > 386 PC. WordPerfect gave the word-processing market to Microsoft, when they > changed their look and feel for the Windows version of WordPerfect from that > of the DOS version. Lotus killed off Improv and did not incorporate any of > its functionality into 123. Improv was the only software engineered > spreadsheet. > > Some of the competitors first converted from assembly to C, then to C++, and > now to Java. If any one of them had the brains to use Ada, it would have > been a real fight. Sun is now sinking because its brilliant marketing of > Java did nothing to help its operating system, Solaris, which is still in C > and C++. In fact, they have not even replaced the Sparc microprocessor with > a J chip. IBM has embraced Java. This will continue them to deserve their > nickname Inferior But Marketable. Do you want J chip??? Do you readed JVM description? It's qite hard to make non-java-to-java compiler(like for ada). There is some needed for almost all langs except java instructions missed.(like PushAtTopOfStackDataFromStackAddressN,instead of that,you should declare local variables in LocalVariablesTable in Java like style!). JVM is not universal VM.It's specially for Java. Any other language have problems with compiling for it. > > Bob Leif > > Robert C. Leif, Ph.D. > Email rleif@rleif.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Warren W. Gay VE3WWG [mailto:ve3wwg@cogeco.ca] > Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 9:54 AM > To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org > Subject: Re: Realtime/embedded project to help with employment. > > Marin David Condic wrote: > > ... > > I think it would be more productive to look at what made Micro$oft a > > success and learn their strengths and weaknesses if your aim is to kill > > Micro$oft. If you really want them to go away, you'll have to become a > > good, skilled, knowledgable capitalist to do it. GPL won't kill > > Micro$oft. They'll adapt. Thats what businessmen do. You can't stop the > > game - just change the rules. > > > > MDC > > Their success? M O N O P O L Y > > -- > Warren W. Gay VE3WWG > http://home.cogeco.ca/~ve3wwg -- - http://dmytrylavrov.narod.ru