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=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10d0a1,92d54f4bf3e30a31,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10d0a1,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,92d54f4bf3e30a31,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,92d54f4bf3e30a31,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1138ec,92d54f4bf3e30a31,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1138ec,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-02-06 09:23:24 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!news.cac.psu.edu!news.pop.psu.edu!hudson.lm.com!godot.cc.duq.edu!news.duke.edu!news.mathworks.com!udel!gatech!swrinde!news.uh.edu!uuneo.neosoft.com!Starbase.NeoSoft.COM!not-for-mail From: dweller@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (David Weller) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.object,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy Subject: Microsoft buys "9X" designation (humor) Date: 6 Feb 1995 11:23:24 -0600 Organization: NeoSoft Internet Services +1 713 684 5969 Message-ID: <3h5luc$5gq@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> NNTP-Posting-Host: starbase.neosoft.com Xref: nntp.gmd.de comp.lang.ada:18690 comp.object:20407 comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy:55283 comp.os.os2.advocacy:87487 Date: 1995-02-06T11:23:24-06:00 List-Id: WASHINGTON, DC, -- Feb 6, 1995 -- Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) confirmed today that it is aquiring the "9X" designation from the Ada Joint Program Office(AJPO). This was apparently done as part of a three-way agreement between the AJPO, the Department of Justice, and Microsoft. As part of the transfer agreement, Microsoft has agreed to stop using the designation of "Windows95" for their often-delayed release of their new version of Windows, instead switching to the safer designation of "Windows9X". The agreement was also done to prevent copyright infringement threats by Microsoft toward the AJPO, which had recently acquired status with their new language as the first internationally standardized object-oriented language, commonly called Ada95. Because Microsoft was rumored to have purchased the year 1995, Microsoft was claiming usage of the numbers "95" would constitute copyright infringements under international trade laws. In previous years, the AJPO had been using the "Ada9X" designation, but changed it to Ada95 this year to commemorate its standardization. No spokesperson for the AJPO was available for comment. The Department of Justice is expected to suspend further investigations of illegal trade practices on the part of Microsoft as part of the three way agreement. The Department has no public comment on the transaction, but a source that wishes to remain anonymous indicated that the Department is eager to get away from both Microsoft and the AJPO, since the Department is incapable of understanding any concepts related to software. Microsoft, in a spirit of cooperation, has indicated that they will release a version of "Visual Ada95" in the near future. An unidentified source in Redmond indicated the release date of the product will be, "approximately two quarters after we begin to sell snowcones in hell." This is apparently part of a business expansion plan on the part of Microsoft, which is already rumored to have dominated hell with copies of Microsoft Windows. In a move related to the snow cone operation, Microsoft has recently announced it is buying all the "Frosty King" ice cream stands and shipping them off to hell. In return, all Department of Justice personnel have been guaranteed an unlimited supply of icy confections when they arrive there. (The above text was intended to be satirical, and in no way reflects on the actual actions or intentions of any large, monopolistic corporations :-) -- Frustrated with C, C++, Pascal, Fortran? Ada95 _might_ be for you! For all sorts of interesting Ada95 tidbits, run the command: "finger dweller@starbase.neosoft.com | more" (or e-mail with "finger" as subj.)