From: Uri Raz <uraz@iil.intel.com>
Subject: Re: Dec Ditching Ada?
Date: 1996/09/04
Date: 1996-09-04T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <50jqic$293h@ilx018.iil.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3221E317.5D2B@mdc.com
James Squire wrote:
> Robert Dewar wrote:
>> The cooperation between DEC and Ada Core
>> Technologies was announced last year at Tri-Ada. The contract is now
>> in place, and we expect to start field-testing of the GNAT Ada 95
>> compiler for Alpha VMS within the next couple of weeks.
>>
Where can I find more info about thatt ?
>> This is a full
>> GNAT implementation with many additions for DEC Ada compatibility (e.g.
>> the full implementation of all GNAT pragmas and attributes, many of
>> which will be available in other GNAT implementations starting with
>> GNAT release 3.07.
>>
>
> I didn't mean to say that it should be kept secret, but simply that I
> wasn't sure of my facts.
>
> As it turns out, I was thinking of Rational, but am glad you and others
> have clarified the situation for me.
>
And I wonder how will DEC circumvent the GNU license to continue selling
the ADA compiler without sources and without dropping one cent of their
license's price.
Also wonder what will happen to the PDO license DEC sold - will they become
useless, or would they have some use after all ?
Uri Raz.
P.S. - please mail me on answers, because the local news server is a little
flaky, while the mail works nicely.
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Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1996-08-22 0:00 Dec Ditching Ada? Charlie Cole
1996-08-22 0:00 ` Brian & Karen Bell
1996-08-22 0:00 ` Howard W. LUDWIG
1996-08-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-08-22 0:00 ` James Squire
1996-08-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-08-26 0:00 ` James Squire
1996-09-04 0:00 ` Uri Raz [this message]
1996-09-05 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1996-09-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-06 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1996-09-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-07 0:00 ` Use of the term "commercial" (was "Dec Ditching Ada?") Larry Kilgallen
1996-09-07 0:00 ` Dec Ditching Ada? Richard Kenner
1996-09-07 0:00 ` Dennison
1996-09-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-10 0:00 ` Uri Raz
1996-09-11 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1996-09-12 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-09-16 0:00 ` Charlie McCutcheon
1996-09-17 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1996-09-10 0:00 ` Chris Morgan
1996-09-11 0:00 ` Chris Morgan
1996-09-12 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
1996-09-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-08-22 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1996-08-23 0:00 ` Douglas Rupp
1996-08-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-08-23 0:00 ` Charlie McCutcheon
1996-08-23 0:00 ` Klaus Wyss
1996-08-23 0:00 ` Charlie McCutcheon
1996-08-25 0:00 ` Brendan Boulter
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1996-08-23 0:00 Alain Graziani
1996-08-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-08-26 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1996-08-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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