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,de0abe9655235740 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-11-08 05:01:06 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!elnk-pas-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net.POSTED!d9c68f36!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3FACE90F.4040407@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: ACM Ada Letters References: <1065708924.347689@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <3F864440.7070203@noplace.com> <8pWdnd8im8ToEzeiRVn-iw@gbronline.com> <3FAB95B6.9070008@noplace.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2003 13:01:06 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.165.0.198 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net 1068296466 209.165.0.198 (Sat, 08 Nov 2003 05:01:06 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2003 05:01:06 PST Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:2256 Date: 2003-11-08T13:01:06+00:00 List-Id: Amen, brother! Even if OpenOffice isn't perfect, I can feel reasonably certain that nobody is going to suddenly come out with a file format for the next generation product that is going to a) be incompatible with what I've already built or b) require I spend extra money to convert things or to be compatible with what other people are using or C) have some sort of Engulf & Devour scheme built in to make sure I'm locked in or others have to get locked in or all sorts of information has to be accessible to The Borg or some other invasion of my rights takes place. It might not be a bad idea to make some Ada tools that work off of OpenOffice file formats. It would let Ada play in that arena and Ada would get the benefits of complimentary technology being available. MDC Wes Groleau wrote: > > A _good_ reason might be "it comes from Microsoft." :-) > -- ====================================================================== Marin David Condic I work for: http://www.belcan.com/ My project is: http://www.jsf.mil/NSFrames.htm Send Replies To: m o d c @ a m o g c n i c . r "Trying is the first step towards failure." -- Homer Simpson ======================================================================