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From: wojtek@power.com.pl (Wojtek Narczynski)
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Subject: Re: Feasibility of using Ada in new development
Date: 6 Sep 2004 05:31:42 -0700
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Hello,

> But Robert is going to develop commercial applications and most or all 
> of them will be critical software for his clients business.

I don't think this has been said in the original post.

> Customers don't care what you use to develop your software, what they 
> care is that your software works and have their job done.

My customers often get source code, and they would be very surprised
if they got Ada instead of what they ordered.

> Ada can deliver this.

It takes much more than Ada. GPS is in Ada, Anjuta is in C++, both are
GTK, go compare.

> I wonder if Robert Law has chosen Ada?

Well, he seemed already convinced in his original post. I'm more
curious what will be the commercial result in a few years.

Regards,
Wojtek