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,ac39a12d5faf5b14 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-04-15 15:03:07 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!newscon02.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr21.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Development process in the Ada community References: <4519e058.0204150645.62003096@posting.google.com> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 64.175.243.226 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr21.news.prodigy.com 1018908134 ST000 64.175.243.226 (Mon, 15 Apr 2002 18:02:14 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 18:02:14 EDT Organization: Prodigy Internet http://www.prodigy.com X-UserInfo1: [[PAPDCA[S@[SPTX\JKXOFXBWR\HPCTL@XT^OBPLAH[\RWYAKVUOPCW[ML\JXUCKVFDYZKBMSFX^OMSAFNTINTDDMVW[X\THOPXZRVOCJTUTPC\_JSBVX\KAOTBAJBVMZTYAKMNLDI_MFDSSOLXINH__FS^\WQGHGI^C@E[A_CF\AQLDQ\BTMPLDFNVUQ_VM Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 22:02:14 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:22570 Date: 2002-04-15T22:02:14+00:00 List-Id: > > X to Claw, but multiple people have created alternative Windows bindings, > > none of which has become a standard, and none of which supports the > > features that writer needed. >I would submit that this is because the "release it to the public >domain" step was never followed through on. If they had done that >first, instead of planning on doing it last, things might have been >different. And why then have people created, but not built on, multiple alternative "Open Source" Windows bindings, none of which has become a standard, and none of which supports the features that writer needed?