Re: Ada research survey (NOT !)

[Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)]

In article <35035799.0202070823.2556cf9d@posting.google.com>, clanfear@yahoo.com (cal) writes:
> Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) wrote in message news:<vHsW7qanJj$0@eisner.encompasserve.org>...
>> In article <35035799.0202060951.43d785d9@posting.google.com>, clanfear@yahoo.com (cal) writes:
>> > VDC is conducting the first comprehensive market study of the Ada
>> > language.
>> 
>> Untrue.  The specified web page deals only with embedded use of Ada.
> 
> Show me a market study on the Ada Language...

You are the one in the survey business.  I have been using Ada for
14 years, never embedded.

>> > language.  As part of this research we are looking for developers to
>> > complete a short survey about their experiences with Ada.  Your
>> > opinions will help tools vendors to design better tools and understand
>> > your needs.
>> 
>> But the survey page says you cannot complete the survey unless you
>> provide an email address, so they may contact you in case you win a
>> prize.  Since the prize was not central to the post here in the
>> newsgroup, this seems to me just an attempt to collect a mailing
>> address for spam purposes.
> 
> If you do not want to recieve the prizes put in a bogus email.   I do
> not care.  Last year we gave out 11 Palms VIIs, 15 DVDs and 15 gift
> certificates to developers and end users who filled out surveys.

No, I don't lie on surveys.

And those "prizes" are not of interest to me.