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: 103376,5385624f72218ba7 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-05 07:07:52 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.uchicago.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!newsengine.sol.net!newspump.sol.net!dfw-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!stl-feed.news.verio.net!newsreader.wustl.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: AdaOS Date: 5 Nov 2001 00:59:58 GMT Organization: Oklahoma State University Message-ID: <9s4oae$8a21@news.cis.okstate.edu> References: <9r8pvf$vms$1@papyrus.erlm.siemens.de> <9rk11n$e4n$1@plutonium.btinternet.com> <9rk749$ndt$1@papyrus.erlm.siemens.de> <9rnid9$541$1@neptunium.btinternet.com> <9s3u20$10s0sv$1@ID-25716.news.dfncis.de> Reply-To: dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org NNTP-Posting-Host: x8b4e5301.dhcp.okstate.edu User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.2 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:15807 Date: 2001-11-05T00:59:58+00:00 List-Id: On Sun, 4 Nov 2001 17:32:43 -0000, Nick Roberts wrote: > Or to use another analogy, I announced the beginning of a project to build a > nwe aeroplane, and people seemed to think I was announcing an imminent test > flight. They seem to have been a little disappointed to learn that there is > likely to be a few years of R&D inbetween! Announcements are usually about things that exist. Frankly, most openly developed projects start with a working core; then people come in and add and fix. Open development doesn't usually work well. -- David Starner - dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org Pointless website: http://dvdeug.dhis.org "I saw a daemon stare into my face, and an angel touch my breast; each one softly calls my name . . . the daemon scares me less." - "Disciple", Stuart Davis