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,ac39a12d5faf5b14 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-04-12 16:19:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-06!supernews.com!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!207.115.63.138!newscon04.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr14.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Rant! (was) Development process in the Ada community References: X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: <4XJt8.4162$Yo5.2134898917@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.112.200.91 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr14.news.prodigy.com 1018653504 ST000 67.112.200.91 (Fri, 12 Apr 2002 19:18:24 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 19:18:24 EDT Organization: Prodigy Internet http://www.prodigy.com X-UserInfo1: S[O[SX[DGJVOBFD[LZKJOPHAWB\^PBQLGPQRZQMIWIWTEPIB_NVUAH_[BL[\IRKIANGGJBFNJF_DOLSCENSY^U@FRFUEXR@KFXYDBPWBCDQJA@X_DCBHXR[C@\EOKCJLED_SZ@RMWYXYWE_P@\\GOIW^@SYFFSWHFIXMADO@^[ADPRPETLBJ]RDGENSKQQZN Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 23:18:24 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:22464 Date: 2002-04-12T23:18:24+00:00 List-Id: > > - Who continues Ada compiler support in the future? Now we have some kind > > companies who provide good Ada compilers (commercial and for free). But > ... > Frankly I trust small companies much more than larger ones. Once upon a time a lot of companies bought RCA mainframes instead of IBM, sure in the knowledge that RCA wasn't going to go out of business. Similarly that well known large PC maker, Texas Instruments.