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=1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!think!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!grebyn.COM!karl From: karl@grebyn.COM (Karl A. Nyberg) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Quality & cost of Ada compilers Message-ID: <8803071249.AA13150@grebyn.com> Date: 7 Mar 88 12:49:43 GMT References: <880307004123.3eab@VLSI.JPL.NASA.GOV> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: Grebyn Corporation List-Id: > (Makes me wonder if by spelling a product ADA some turkey could get around > AJPO's copyright!) It's not a copyright, it's a trademark. Furthermore, it expired last December. Ada is NOT a registered trademark of the U. S. Government (AJPO or anybody else). The current procedure is the use of a "certification" mark. For an extensive explanation of this issue, read the lead article in the December, 1987 issue of the Ada INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE NEWSLETTER, VOL V, No. 3. For information on receiving the newsletter free of charge, contact the Ada INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE at 703-685-1477. -- Karl --