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From: Uri Raz <uraz@iil.intel.com>
Subject: Re: Dec Ditching Ada?
Date: 1996/09/04
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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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