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-Thread: 103376,915d37e7b8e0ec69 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!wns13feed!worldnet.att.net!204.71.34.3!newsfeed.cwix.com!news.binc.net!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: and visual library once again Date: 22 Oct 2005 07:06:51 -0500 Organization: LJK Software Message-ID: References: <1129927622.825849.56200@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: eisner.encompasserve.org X-Trace: grandcanyon.binc.net 1129982713 18792 192.135.80.34 (22 Oct 2005 12:05:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@binc.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 12:05:13 +0000 (UTC) Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:5874 Date: 2005-10-22T07:06:51-05:00 List-Id: In article , tmoran@acm.org writes: > "Hyman Rosen" said: >>You need to arrange to get the money ahead of time. The way to do >>this is to get prospective users of the program to put up the money >>to fund your development. Then when the work is done, everyone gets >>the program. GNAT itself is a perfect example of this. > If I can get the funding, I'll work on creating for free release an > OS much better than Windows, a suite of software apps much better than > Office, and a seamless communication system much more user friendly than > the current VOIP systems. Can I count on you putting up part of the money > to fund this development? If it meets my needs, including: not being "Unix-like" allowing use of DECnet rather than IP Bell-Lapadula mandatory access controls with Biba extensions By the way, I don't have much money to contribute, and the other folks who are similarly situated have vastly different requirements.