* Re: ADA on Amiga And Oxxi
1990-09-08 5:32 ADA on Amiga And Oxxi David Martin
@ 1990-09-08 16:05 ` Steven D. Litvinchouk
1990-09-09 17:31 ` Kent Paul Dolan
1990-09-09 18:23 ` Kent Paul Dolan
2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Steven D. Litvinchouk @ 1990-09-08 16:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
In article <6547@sugar.hackercorp.com> davidm@sugar.hackercorp.com (David Martin) writes:
> ALL:
> A friend tells me that ADA is being released for the
> Commodore Amiga by Oxxi. Has anyone heard the details
> about it yet? Or about their new program editor? M2
> compiler also?
I called Oxxi about this, but all I got was a receptionist. I asked
the usual questions (are they looking for beta test sites for Ada,
etc.). All she knew was that they are indeed "doing something with
Ada," but so far no one has returned my phone call with any more
substantive news.
By the way, the language name is "Ada," not "ADA". "ADA" is an
acronym that stands for such organizations as "American Dental
Association," "Americans for Democratic Action," etc.
--
Steven Litvintchouk
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^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread* Re: ADA on Amiga And Oxxi
1990-09-08 5:32 ADA on Amiga And Oxxi David Martin
1990-09-08 16:05 ` Steven D. Litvinchouk
@ 1990-09-09 17:31 ` Kent Paul Dolan
1990-09-09 18:23 ` Kent Paul Dolan
2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Kent Paul Dolan @ 1990-09-09 17:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
davidm@sugar.hackercorp.com (David Martin) writes:
>ALL:
> A friend tells me that ADA is being released for the
>Commodore Amiga by Oxxi. Has anyone heard the details
>about it yet? Or about their new program editor? M2
>compiler also?
I bought my Modula-2 compiler through OXXI - stay away from them.
Ada for the Amiga sounds like a dream come true, but it OXXI is
involved, nightmare is more likely to be the result.
At a minimum, let everybody else go through the non-delivery, the
unanswered phone calls and letters, the unkept promises, until
they've proved that this time they're _not_ out to screw the
customers.
Like I've said before about shady business practices, the net
has a long memory and a wide reach.
Kent, the man from xanth.
<xanthian@Zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> <xanthian@well.sf.ca.us>
--
The M2 compiler was finally provide _at shipping cost_ from
Avante Garde in Plano TX after OXXI refused to honor their
upgrade guarantee; nice people at A.G.
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* Re: ADA on Amiga And Oxxi
1990-09-08 5:32 ADA on Amiga And Oxxi David Martin
1990-09-08 16:05 ` Steven D. Litvinchouk
1990-09-09 17:31 ` Kent Paul Dolan
@ 1990-09-09 18:23 ` Kent Paul Dolan
2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Kent Paul Dolan @ 1990-09-09 18:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
davidm@sugar.hackercorp.com (David Martin) writes:
>ALL:
> A friend tells me that ADA is being released for the
>Commodore Amiga by Oxxi. Has anyone heard the details
>about it yet? Or about their new program editor? M2
>compiler also?
I bought my Modula-2 compiler through OXXI - stay away from them.
Ada for the Amiga sounds like a dream come true, but if OXXI is
involved, nightmare is more likely to be the result.
At a minimum, let everybody else go through the non-delivery, the
unreturned phone calls and unanswered letters, the unkept promises,
until they've proved that this time they're _not_ out to screw the
customers with vaporware or shoddy merchandise.
Like I've said before about shady business practices, the net
has a long memory and a wide reach. Especially the grouchy
parts of the net.
Kent, the man from xanth.
<xanthian@Zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> <xanthian@well.sf.ca.us>
--
The M2 compiler was finally provided _at shipping cost_ from
Avante Garde Software in Plano, TX after OXXI refused to honor
their upgrade guarantee; nice people at A.G.S.
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