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Subject: Re: Could you write a BSD like os in ADA?
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From: Xavier Petit <xpetit@becoast.fr>
Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 13:41:29 +0200
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Le 10/05/2016 12:21, G.B. a écrit :
> Usual requirements for winning the competition:
>
> - works well enough
>
> - is the less expensive alternative
>
Like an iPhone ?

People want easy to use things too, and the things others have, and
shiny things... And the new things (“Ada is old” I hear sometimes), and
the things that the marketing says they want to have.