From: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman)
Subject: Re: Ada and Mac (Was: New version of AppletMagic)
Date: 1996/10/16
Date: 1996-10-16T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <544aj2$c6p@felix.seas.gwu.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: JSA.96Oct14175838@alexandria
In article <JSA.96Oct14175838@alexandria>,
Jon S Anthony <jsa@alexandria> wrote:
>Sounds like an opportunity for a new company which sees the
>possibilities of both sides.
That would be nice.:-)
[referring to the Academic Ada contract]
>And that is just fine. I don't see where the contract was: "Ada on
>the Mac".
Actually, it was quite clear in the RFP that the MacOS (on PPC) was to
be supported by the Academic Ada compiler. As I recall, the contract
award mentioned it as well. The article in the Fall 1995 AdaIC News
mentioned Intel and PowerPC CPU's but did not list operating
systems.
Subsequently, the contract was modified to eliminate the Mac.
So it's not just "fine" - after the fact, the contractor asked for,
and received, a contract mod from the government. This was
discussed on this group before.
>> Something will have to happen to dispel the perception on both sides
>> that this is not a worthwhile market to enter. I happen to think the
>It's either a correct perception or it is not. If it is, then I
>suppose things will never change. If not, then it would seem that
>this is indeed an opportunity for a new company which would take the
>AdaMagic front end and someone elses backend and add the value added
>to glue them together in a nice Mac environment.
I could not agree more. Perhaps, if the MachTen CodeBuilder release
is a big seller and it's apparent that many people are buying it
mostly for GNAT, that will be the necessary impetus. Dunno...
Mike Feldman
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Thread overview: 58+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1996-09-27 0:00 Ada to byte-code compiler works as advertised Mike Stark
1996-09-28 0:00 ` Ray Blaak
1996-09-28 0:00 ` Mike Stark
1996-09-30 0:00 ` Vince Del Vecchio
1996-10-03 0:00 ` New version of AppletMagic (was Re: Ada to byte-code compiler ...) Vince Del Vecchio
1996-10-04 0:00 ` Michael Feldman
1996-10-05 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1996-10-06 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1996-10-06 0:00 ` Ada on the Mac (was: AppletMagic stuff) Michael Feldman
1996-10-07 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1996-10-07 0:00 ` Michael Feldman
1996-10-07 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1996-10-09 0:00 ` Michael Feldman
1996-10-08 0:00 ` Richard A. O'Keefe
1996-10-09 0:00 ` Michael Feldman
1996-10-08 0:00 ` Hosting Ada on Mac (Was: Ada on the Mac) Laurent Gasser
1996-10-09 0:00 ` Michael Feldman
1996-10-08 0:00 ` Ada on the Mac (was: AppletMagic stuff) Robert Dewar
1996-10-08 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1996-10-09 0:00 ` Michael Feldman
1996-10-09 0:00 ` jim hopper
1996-10-08 0:00 ` Ada and Mac (Was: New version of AppletMagic) Laurent Gasser
1996-10-08 0:00 ` jim hopper
1996-10-08 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1996-10-09 0:00 ` Michael Feldman
1996-10-09 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1996-10-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-10-11 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1996-10-10 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1996-10-09 0:00 ` Laurent Gasser
1996-10-09 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1996-10-15 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1996-10-08 0:00 ` Stan Shebs
1996-10-08 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1996-10-10 0:00 ` jim hopper
1996-10-10 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-10-10 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1996-10-11 0:00 ` Michael Feldman
1996-10-14 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-10-16 0:00 ` Michael Feldman [this message]
1996-10-17 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1996-10-17 0:00 ` jim hopper
1996-10-17 0:00 ` jim hopper
1996-10-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-10-18 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1996-10-21 0:00 ` Michael Feldman
1996-10-21 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1996-10-22 0:00 ` Michael Feldman
1996-10-23 0:00 ` Steve Wall
1996-10-22 0:00 ` Tom Halliley
1996-10-23 0:00 ` Jim Easterbrook
1996-10-23 0:00 ` Anita Holmgren
1996-10-24 0:00 ` Tom Halliley
1996-10-21 0:00 ` Michael Feldman
1996-10-17 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1996-10-21 0:00 ` Michael Feldman
1996-10-08 0:00 ` New version of AppletMagic (was Re: Ada to byte-code compiler Dr Paul Gorman
1996-10-09 0:00 ` Ada on the Mac (was: AppletMagic stuff) Stan Shebs
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