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-Thread: 103376,4798cdf5e1c2b226 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Received: by 10.68.227.230 with SMTP id sd6mr2492953pbc.8.1335354008798; Wed, 25 Apr 2012 04:40:08 -0700 (PDT) Path: r9ni96699pbh.0!nntp.google.com!news2.google.com!npeer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!post02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.flashnewsgroups.com-b7.4zTQh5tI3A!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: GNADE still alive? References: <20565278.30.1335224824186.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@pbvd8> <82haw9gvcl.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <4f96acbf$0$7613$9b4e6d93@newsspool1.arcor-online.net> Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 07:40:57 -0400 Message-ID: <824ns8ghti.fsf@stephe-leake.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:W7uKgc0wtyDx/eEfS4opBoeTgHU= MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Complaints-To: abuse@flashnewsgroups.com Organization: FlashNewsgroups.com X-Trace: 8e7414f97e298e029e66109251 X-Received-Bytes: 1526 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: 2012-04-25T07:40:57-04:00 List-Id: Georg Bauhaus writes: > On 24.04.12 14:36, Stephen Leake wrote: > >> >> Why do people care if something is being "developed"?... >> > > Individuals rely on collective intelligence and "collective" > is always important, since human beings are social beings; > a project that will make an individual appear to be a loner is not > attractive (unless the individual wishes to be a lonesome hero > on her way to disrupt the market). So you are more interested in how many people are knowledgeable about using GNADE (and are willing to share that knowledge); still not directly related to whether it is being developed (CVS is the best example here). -- -- Stephe