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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00, LOTS_OF_MONEY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-16 06:35:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!psinet-eu-nl!psiuk-p4!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: How Ada could have prevented the Red Code distributed denial of service attack. Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 09:29:01 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9lghqu$ac6$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <4a885870.0108112341.7ce02ac0@posting.google.com> <9l6pdo$rlo$1@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk> <9IFe7.12813$6R6.1221214@news1.cableinet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 997968542 10630 136.170.200.133 (16 Aug 2001 13:29:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 16 Aug 2001 13:29:02 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:11985 Date: 2001-08-16T13:29:02+00:00 List-Id: I admire anyone with a willingness to tilt at windmills. :-) I truly hope that the AdaOS project makes some headway. However, I've been occasionally dropping by the website for some time now and have yet to see anything really concrete show up there. I would have hoped by now that they might have succeeded in getting a boot loader or kernel implemented far enough to actually have something up and cycling on a machine. Or at minimum, have a design document of some sort in some stage of completion. I realize that this is a volunteer effort and its hard to pick on people who are committing their time to a worthwhile project. Its just that we've been hearing about AdaOS and citing it as an example for so long with absolutely nothing concrete to point to that I'm beginning to wonder if maybe we just should treat it with a little "Benign Neglect" and see if maybe one day anything gets off the ground with it. I don't think we should be pointing people (*especially* in other newsgroups) at a project and citing it saying: "See???? Ada can be used to build an OS!!!" if you have no concrete results there of any kind. It only invites the (valid) criticism of "I'll believe it when I see it..." MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Tony Gair" wrote in message news:9IFe7.12813$6R6.1221214@news1.cableinet.net... > > These guys are heroes, every single one and if you can't give financial or > sexual favours then give them a good bit of encouragement, >