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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC 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: 2001-08-22 21:22:26 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!unlnews.unl.edu!newsfeed.ksu.edu!nntp.ksu.edu!news.okstate.edu!not-for-mail From: David Starner Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Progress on AdaOS Date: 23 Aug 2001 03:42:14 GMT Organization: Oklahoma State University Message-ID: <9m1u2m$baq2@news.cis.okstate.edu> References: <9IFe7.12813$6R6.1221214@news1.cableinet.net> <9lghqu$ac6$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B7C3293.76F49097@home.com> <9lhefg$lgd$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B7D47F1.25D6FC78@boeing.com> <5ee5b646.0108171856.18631c4c@posting.google.com> <3B7F624B.7294D24F@acm.org> <9lr6je$5hj$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9ltoi7$4is$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B82789B.8D195045@home.com> <9ltuo8$70n$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B829450.879B0396@home.com> <9m0d08$51j$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B83DE1A.7770DC9C@home.com> <9m0rc6$ak0$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B83F894.D7082F9A@home.com> <9m12li$db7$1@nh.pace.co.uk> Reply-To: dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org NNTP-Posting-Host: x8b4e52a0.dhcp.okstate.edu User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.2 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12305 Date: 2001-08-23T03:42:14+00:00 List-Id: On Wed, 22 Aug 2001 15:54:29 -0400, Marin David Condic wrote: > No doubt about it. But I think there are any number of people who might be > much more serious about getting a project done as a commercial, for-profit > endeavor than will get serious over it if it is just a hobby. Hence, even > though partnership schemes, licensing contracts, etc. etc. etc. may be more > complicated than just giving it all away, it probably does a lot to help > move the mission forward. Prove it. Linux is ample proof of our case. No one's going to argue that if you give programmers a real salary, you can get an OS. But I can't think of a single large program that was built on the "no salary; we'll get money when we're done" shareware model. Show me an OS built on this model. I think this is about my last post on the subject. All the talk in the world won't prove that the ADCL and that model of software licensing can produce serious large programs. Open source has convinced people it's actually a usuable model, by demonstration. The ADCL is going to have to do the same thing before people will buy into it. -- David Starner - dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org Pointless website: http://dvdeug.dhis.org "I don't care if Bill personally has my name and reads my email and laughs at me. In fact, I'd be rather honored." - Joseph_Greg