Ada publicity example

[sands@topo.math.u-psud.fr (Duncan Sands)]

The latest (May) issue of Linux Magazine France has an interview
with Cyrille Comar of ACT-Europe entitled Libre != gratuit
(Free, in the sense of freedom, != free, in the sense of no cost).
It is on page 10.  The web site is www.linuxmag-france.org,
but unfortunately the article doesn't seem to be available
online yet.  Little is said about Ada, though it is mentioned
that it is object-oriented and an ANSI (not ISO!) standard,
and that Ada is used in Boeing 777s + other examples.  The
interview is mainly concerned with how companies like Boeing + others
react to the idea of open-source software and the fact that GNAT
is GPL.

For me the best bit was discovering that in French the gcc backend
is the "dorsal gcc"!

Thought this might interest those concerned with positive publicity
for Ada.

Duncan Sands.

PS: The fact that ACT-Europe took out full page ads in this and the
previous issue of the magazine may explain how they got this interview
(this is not a criticism).

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