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From: billwolf%hazel.cs.clemson.edu@hubcap.clemson.edu (William Thomas Wolfe, 2847 )
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Subject: Re: CORRECTION re: STARS Foundations
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Date: 24 Mar 90 03:13:56 GMT
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>From karl@grebyn.com (Karl A. Nyberg):
> the one component that I ordered contains
> a lot of copyright notices.  It also appears that one or more of the
> original contractors are marketing "commercial" versions of their
> developments (e.g., the X Windows binding, Universal File Names, etc.)

   Universal File Names was sent to me free of charge by the author,
   and it also contained an Ada Software Repository release header,
   so possibly some or all of the STARS stuff is also available via 
   that route (for info, email to ADA-SW-REQUEST@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL).

   No mention was made of any commercial version, but the article in 
   the Jan/Feb '90 issue of Ada Letters (pages 111-117) did mention 
   three "recommendations for improving UFN", i.e., proposed extensions,
   which sounded a lot like proposals for further STARS work.

   On the other side, I have heard that Unisys is planning to take its
   ACE product (basically an interactive Ada world) and do further work
   on it to the point of commercial viability, so apparently at least
   some of the STARS work is more research product than commercially
   useful product at the moment.  UFN, though, would seem to be a notable 
   exception in this regard. 

   Anyone have more detailed STARS Foundations Repository experiences?


   Bill Wolfe, wtwolfe@hubcap.clemson.edu