From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,92c39a3be0a7f17d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-12 10:02:43 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!wn4feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi.com!rwcrnsc53.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Future with Ada References: <9v7r4u$p8v$1@nh.pace.co.uk> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: <6ZMR7.41172$Yy.461730@rwcrnsc53> NNTP-Posting-Host: hNMR7-250637-Yy-462243@rwcrnsc53 X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com X-Trace: rwcrnsc53 1008180162 hNMR7-250637-Yy-462243@rwcrnsc53 (Wed, 12 Dec 2001 18:02:42 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 18:02:42 GMT Organization: AT&T Broadband Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 18:02:42 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:17851 Date: 2001-12-12T18:02:42+00:00 List-Id: > openness and interoperability. Developing an office suite that is available > in source and runs on a number of diverse platforms and keeps its data in > formats that are easily accessed by other programs is something that has > advantages to the consumer who wants to be able to keep his options open. It > could be a good business opportunity. Observing my wife's struggles with MS Office, and my own difficulties in figuring out "the MS way" to do things, I'd guess the number of people who want something in source, interoperable, etc., is dwarfed by the number who would leap at something that made sense.