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: 103376,1ea92c0e5255811d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-03-12 02:26:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!nntp.theplanet.net!inewsm1.nntp.theplanet.net!zen.net.uk!news.cabal.org.uk!news-peer.gradwell.net!not-for-mail Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: knews 1.0b.1 References: <1047043964.776224@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <87isuvw9tb.fsf@inf.enst.fr> <1047052877.215272@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <3E6E0E5F.1F77A3A5@adaworks.com> From: porton@ex-code.com (Victor Porton) Subject: Re: Advertisment for Ada Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 15:24:23 +0500 Organization: Extreme Code Software (http://ex-code.com) X-URL: http://www.ex-code.com/ NNTP-Posting-Date: 12 Mar 2003 10:26:02 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 195.149.39.13 X-Trace: 1047464762 news.gradwell.net 66673 mail2news/195.149.39.13 X-Complaints-To: news-abuse@gradwell.net Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:35248 Date: 2003-03-12T10:26:02+00:00 List-Id: In article <3E6E0E5F.1F77A3A5@adaworks.com>, Richard Riehle writes: > Lutz Donnerhacke wrote: > >> How about marking every piece of Ada Code with the label: "Adaware" > > We could do something like that now. A picture of a 777 with the > caption, "Ada inside," might catch some attention. A picture of > a Hellfire missile with a similar caption might work too, but it Also may create the false impression that Ada is only for real World techonologies. We also need a Web site "Ada at Desktop" with screenshots of good Ada applications for more ordinary users. It is a hopeful perspective for Ada in the future which we all need not to miss.