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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 11232c,877ba3d67e73c6c3 X-Google-Attributes: gid11232c,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,ac39a12d5faf5b14 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-04-16 23:17:05 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!colt.net!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!peernews!peer.cwci.net!news5-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news6-win.server.ntlworld.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "martin.m.dowie" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,misc.misc References: <3CB46975.90408@snafu.de> <5ee5b646.0204121930.64733eeb@posting.google.com> <5wTt8.15598$C21.3515342@news6-win.server.ntlworld.com> <5ee5b646.0204130620.114953ae@posting.google.com> Subject: Re: Rant! (was) Development process in the Ada community X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 07:16:49 +0100 NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.252.144.20 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: news6-win.server.ntlworld.com 1019024224 62.252.144.20 (Wed, 17 Apr 2002 07:17:04 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 07:17:04 BST Organization: ntlworld News Service Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:22638 misc.misc:6437 Date: 2002-04-17T07:16:49+01:00 List-Id: > > CANAL+ could be a better bet - are you out there Pascal? > > > Maybe - but are they big enough and interested enough to finance some sort > of Ada endeavor? Big enough - I think so I think it is Universal Studios they own amongst others. They do (most of the?) set top boxes for terrestrial digital TV in Europe. Interest enough - probably not :-(