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 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c62a5e526aafd9d4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-09-24 08:05:02 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: Windows CE? Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 10:55:24 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9onhgu$9h9$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1001343326 9769 136.170.200.133 (24 Sep 2001 14:55:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 24 Sep 2001 14:55:26 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:13289 Date: 2001-09-24T14:55:26+00:00 List-Id: The interesting thing is that if there really are a lot of "hobbyists" for a particular segment (Like Windows CE) and that the hobbyists are interested in using Ada, then this has a way of working its way into more "commercial" endeavors. You're right that they'll want something easy to use and inexpensive. One of the problems that Gnat has is that there isn't anybody attempting to serve the "hobbyist" market directly. Sure, we get the benefits of what ACT releases and what can be found on the net and so on. It might be nice though to get some level of products/services for a few bucks that aren't available from what one can scrounge on their own. There's nothing wrong with a little market research before launching a product though. A company should attempt to determine what sort of demand is out there for a given product before committing to a new development. However, I think it is a little short sighted to simply wait for some number of people to come asking for a product - that only identifies extremely obvious needs. Its probably wiser to get out in front of the issue and define the next generation of products & try to discover which of those are likely to be good sellers. 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/ "Robert C. Leif, Ph.D." wrote in message news:mailman.1001142084.4963.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org... > > I might note that the number of "hobbyists" is potentially large and could > be a source of revenue. However, I suspect that a broad Ada market will > require extremely user friendly tools. I also strongly believe that the > actual core of Ada is inherently easier that that of its competitors: Java, > C, C++, and BASIC. >