Re: Please do not patronize net-abusers at Alsys/Thompson software

[Alan Brain <aebrain@dynamite.com.au>]

First, sorry for the cross-posting to smalltalk etc. but I really can't let this one 
go by.

dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr. Dimitri Vulis) wrote:

>A few days ago I received a harrassing e-mail spam from Keith Thompson,
><kst@alsys.com>.  I asked postmaster@alsys.com to tell Thompson not to
>send any more e-mail to anyone in the dm.com domain.

> I received no response from the postmaster,

Funny, that. Can't imagine why not.

> but we've received two more harrassing e-mails from
>Thompson, addressed to various postmasters.

NWRT

>Keith Thompson is a net-abuser. Please don't buy anything from his company
>(Alsys/Thompson Software). I used their Alsys Ada some years ago and it
>really sucked big time. Now this creep is harrassing me by e-mail.

Disagree in every respect. I've personally used Alsys Ada in its previous 
incarnations for nearly 10 years, and it's always been one of the very best.
HCI could be greatly improved in the early versions, but the latest $99 special does 
that. The last time I used the product was to make an AI system in Australia, which 
was then ported to Dec-Ada and the Einterstein compiler for the 690x0 without a 
single change. This is a Production Quality compiler, capable of producing 
components in multi-million-SLOC systems.

Had it not been for the factually-challenged and commercially damaging post you've 
put at the end, I would have just ignored the whole thing. But there may well be 
people out there who would take your - ah - used food? - at face value. In which 
case they'd miss what in my experience is the cheapest production-quality compiler 
around for Ada-83. GNAT is the best for learning Ada OTOH.


OK, if this was a Troll, I've bitten. 'Nuff said.