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: 103376,88ed72d98e6b3457 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-10-11 07:16:36 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3F8810C0.3080506@noplace.com> From: Marin David Condic User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 (OEM-HPQ-PRS1C03) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Standard Library Interest? References: <3F7F760E.2020901@comcast.net> <3F8035B0.7080902@noplace.com> <3F816A35.4030108@noplace.com> <3F81FBEC.9010103@noplace.com> <6Ingb.30667$541.13861@nwrdny02.gnilink.net> <3F82B4A4.5060301@noplace.com> <3F82F527.3020101@noplace.com> <3F836447.1000800@noplace.com> <8746564.sTh3EHsOBI@linux1.krischik.com> <3F8637C8.3020201@noplace.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 14:16:35 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.165.2.136 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net 1065881795 209.165.2.136 (Sat, 11 Oct 2003 10:16:35 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 10:16:35 EDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:664 Date: 2003-10-11T14:16:35+00:00 List-Id: And that's a really critical issue for any library. You can't just count on its existence - or even its distribution with a compiler - to make it well known and used. It has to satisfy some needs for the programmer (I think ASIS appeals to a particular market segment, but is not of much use to the general world - hence lack of visibility to most Ada users), it has to be well documented so the programmer can figure out what to do with it and it has to be actively *promoted* in some manner. Even Coke buys ads all the time, despite its market dominance. Why? They want to keep their name in front of the public so they will *stay* at the top. If you want to get a library adopted, its going to take some kind of promotion to make it known to the world. Not all of that costs money, but one way or another, it ought to be part of the plan. MDC Martin Dowie wrote: > > You'd ba amazed who many Ada users aren't even aware of things > like ASIS! > > -- ====================================================================== Marin David Condic I work for: http://www.belcan.com/ My project is: http://www.jsf.mil/NSFrames.htm Send Replies To: m c o n d i c @ a c m . o r g "All reformers, however strict their social conscience, live in houses just as big as they can pay for." --Logan Pearsall Smith ======================================================================