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Subject: Re: What do I need to write a Windows program with Ada?
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 18:51:38 -0000
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"Stephane Richard" <stephane.richard@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Does that make the library unusable?  Does it make it impossible to
> alter the library and the library being maintained by another party?

Of course not. I use older and unsupported software myself;
simply because I prefer it, and am used to it. Sheesh, I was
only making an observation.

>  I think not.
> and this is just what Open source is all about.
>
> The choice is his :-)....

Absolutely.