Re: No call for Ada

[Marin David Condic <nobody@noplace.com>]

Andrew Carroll wrote:
> 
> I don't know where you sent your email from (where your office is) but if it
> isn't in Colorado then I'm guessing I would be missing the meetings.  Not
> that I was invited.
> 
Its at least a potential resource if face-to-face sessions were 
necessary from time to time. I doubt I could find a dozen or so Ada 
advocates in Palm Beach County, FL interested in working a project like 
this - but I bet come February, any given team would *love* to come here 
for a few sessions. :-)

> 
> Considering all the pieces are already out there it is a highly achievable
> goal.  All that really needs to be done is to have an "install" or "setup"
> program to install the existing components.  I personally don't think
> it would be such a bad idea to go through the existing components
> and organize them/integrate them into one directory tree instead of
> trying to work with the existing component directory layouts from
> each individual component.
> 

Its more than that. You can't just pile stuff onto a disk with an 
install shield and expect it to somehow be "good" - much less exciting 
enough to draw interest from the non-Ada crowd. It would need a) really 
nice integration of all the tools and b) a bunch of "leverage" you don't 
get right now.



> Who says we can't sell the final product?  As long as the source code
> is freely available.  Look at RedHat Linux or FreeBSD.  They get from
> $75 to ~$200 per box set.  Assuming of course that the license is the same.
> Who's going to fund it initially?  Well I will, if $1.92 will cut it.
> 
Sure. But one way or another, if you don't get some kind of revenue from 
somewhere, nobody has this as a "job" - just a hobby. Hobby stuff takes 
forever to emerge and won't have the kind of commercial support & 
quality one expects from similar products.


MDC

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