From: "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" <ve3wwg@cogeco.ca>
Subject: Re: Improving Ada's image - Was: 7E7 Flight Controls Electronics
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2004 12:35:59 -0400
Date: 2004-06-07T12:35:59-04:00 [thread overview]
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In-Reply-To: <p%puc.17076$be.4076@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net>
Richard Riehle wrote:
> "Per Dalgas Jakobsen" <i@hate.spam> wrote in message
> news:40b9c99e$0$268$edfadb0f@dread16.news.tele.dk...
>
>>Instead of advertising for Ada in software magazines, web-sites, etc. I
>>believe that Ada needs to get an "image-lift" at executive level. Imagine if
>>we could get to the point when project managers are suggesting C/C++ and
>>the executive asks: "Why not use Ada?" :-p
>
> Sadly, there is no money available in the Ada community for advertising
> or public relations. The money we did have was squandered on silly
> posters and ineffective advertising about the time Ada 95 appeared. The
> people charged with making the advertising decisions were inexperienced
> in the ways of advertising and the ads had no appreciable effect.
...
> Richard Riehle
Well, if Open Source projects can receive funding through the
use of an Open Sourced (Penguin logo-ed) credit card (through
interest profits), then perhaps something similar could be used
to fund advertising for Ada. The largest problem might be to
attract enough card users, though they need not be software
people at all.
--
Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
http://home.cogeco.ca/~ve3wwg
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2004-05-30 11:46 Improving Ada's image - Was: 7E7 Flight Controls Electronics Per Dalgas Jakobsen
2004-05-30 16:13 ` Pascal Obry
2004-05-30 18:03 ` Luke A. Guest
2004-05-30 19:09 ` Per Dalgas Jakobsen
2004-05-31 2:28 ` Richard Riehle
2004-05-31 15:33 ` Wes Groleau
2004-06-01 2:56 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-01 14:51 ` Wes Groleau
2004-06-07 16:29 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-06-07 17:44 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-08 16:09 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-06-08 17:30 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-08 20:38 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-06-08 22:23 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-09 2:27 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-06-09 4:41 ` I R T
2004-06-09 6:43 ` Richard Riehle
2004-06-10 6:53 ` Randy Brukardt
2004-06-12 3:16 ` Robert I. Eachus
2004-06-09 6:39 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-09 7:44 ` I R T
2004-06-09 12:13 ` Georg Bauhaus
2004-06-09 12:34 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-06-09 21:13 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-10 2:51 ` Wes Groleau
2004-06-10 15:57 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-10 17:18 ` Pascal Obry
2004-06-10 12:13 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-11 12:48 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-06-11 17:31 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-14 2:30 ` Berend de Boer
2004-06-14 2:47 ` I R T
2004-06-14 3:10 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-14 11:49 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-14 16:28 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-06-14 17:34 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-15 11:35 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-15 23:02 ` Brian May
2004-06-16 11:37 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-21 14:56 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2004-06-23 20:19 ` Randy Brukardt
2004-06-15 16:30 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-06-15 11:26 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-15 16:43 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-06-15 18:51 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-15 21:02 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-06-15 22:01 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-15 22:08 ` Ed Falis
2004-06-15 22:26 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-17 15:50 ` Robert I. Eachus
2004-06-17 16:12 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-17 21:05 ` Pascal Obry
2004-06-17 21:47 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-17 22:18 ` Georg Bauhaus
2004-06-18 5:19 ` Brian May
2004-06-18 14:44 ` Georg Bauhaus
2004-06-17 23:02 ` Brian May
2004-06-18 7:50 ` Martin Dowie
2004-06-19 20:40 ` Robert I. Eachus
2004-06-19 18:10 ` Ragged arrays of strings (Was: Improving Ada's image) Jacob Sparre Andersen
2004-06-20 22:01 ` Pascal Obry
2004-06-19 20:54 ` Improving Ada's image - Was: 7E7 Flight Controls Electronics Robert I. Eachus
2004-06-20 2:20 ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-06-20 4:24 ` tmoran
2004-06-20 15:06 ` Dr. Adrian Wrigley
2004-06-21 15:30 ` Enum'Image (Was: Improving Ada's image) Jacob Sparre Andersen
2004-06-21 16:06 ` Dr. Adrian Wrigley
2004-06-21 16:53 ` Alexander E. Kopilovich
2004-06-22 21:38 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2004-06-23 15:42 ` Alexander E. Kopilovich
2004-06-23 17:15 ` Larry Kilgallen
2004-06-22 13:26 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-06-23 16:04 ` Frank J. Lhota
2004-06-25 0:07 ` Enum'Image Jacob Sparre Andersen
2004-06-25 15:55 ` Enum'Image Frank J. Lhota
2004-06-23 20:29 ` Enum'Image (Was: Improving Ada's image) Randy Brukardt
2004-06-23 23:35 ` Dr. Adrian Wrigley
2004-06-25 0:15 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2004-06-26 5:11 ` Improving Ada's image - Was: 7E7 Flight Controls Electronics Robert I. Eachus
2004-06-27 1:00 ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-06-27 2:33 ` Robert I. Eachus
2004-06-15 23:30 ` Dale Stanbrough
2004-06-15 21:59 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-25 4:21 ` Enum'Image (Was: Improving Ada's image) Larry Kilgallen
2004-06-15 19:28 ` Improving Ada's image - Was: 7E7 Flight Controls Electronics Alexander E. Kopilovich
2004-06-15 21:04 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-06-15 22:13 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-16 0:05 ` Alexander E. Kopilovich
2004-06-15 22:08 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-15 23:06 ` tmoran
2004-06-16 11:47 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-17 1:33 ` Brian May
2004-06-17 12:09 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-16 0:56 ` Alexander E. Kopilovich
2004-06-16 11:54 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-15 1:21 ` Alexander E. Kopilovich
2004-07-01 4:08 ` Dave Thompson
2004-07-04 19:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
2004-06-14 11:45 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-14 13:20 ` Larry Kilgallen
2004-06-15 11:39 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-19 23:14 ` Pylinius
2004-06-15 11:41 ` David Starner
2004-06-15 16:29 ` Richard Riehle
2004-06-15 17:06 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-06-11 17:53 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-11 18:56 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-11 23:23 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-12 3:08 ` Ada BIND was: " Robert I. Eachus
2004-06-12 12:03 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-12 12:47 ` Jeff C,
2004-06-13 12:22 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-14 16:33 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-06-13 6:08 ` Russ
2004-06-13 10:28 ` Georg Bauhaus
2004-06-13 14:49 ` Stephen Leake
2004-06-13 20:51 ` Russ
2004-06-13 23:15 ` Robert I. Eachus
2004-06-14 2:09 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-15 0:02 ` Alexander E. Kopilovich
2004-06-15 2:40 ` Brian May
2004-06-15 12:46 ` Frank J. Lhota
2004-06-15 18:53 ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-06-15 22:09 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-07-01 4:08 ` Dave Thompson
2004-06-14 16:43 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-06-15 11:47 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-15 16:21 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-06-15 19:36 ` Frank J. Lhota
2004-06-15 19:51 ` Björn Persson
2004-06-16 13:44 ` Frank J. Lhota
2004-06-15 22:13 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-15 22:32 ` Björn Persson
2004-06-15 23:04 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-15 23:23 ` Brian May
2004-06-15 23:26 ` tmoran
2004-06-16 18:11 ` Ludovic Brenta
2004-06-15 23:33 ` Björn Persson
2004-06-15 23:18 ` Dale Stanbrough
2004-06-15 23:22 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-15 23:37 ` Dale Stanbrough
2004-06-15 23:59 ` Björn Persson
2004-06-16 13:38 ` Ada BIND was: Improving Ada's image - Was: 7E7 Flight Controls Larry Kilgallen
2004-06-09 10:52 ` Ada operating systems Peter C. Chapin
2004-06-09 12:07 ` Improving Ada's image - Was: 7E7 Flight Controls Electronics Georg Bauhaus
2004-06-11 7:05 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-11 15:07 ` Georg Bauhaus
2004-06-09 12:32 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-15 20:34 ` Larry Kilgallen
2004-06-08 19:51 ` Wes Groleau
2004-06-08 22:26 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-09 4:39 ` I R T
2004-06-09 8:13 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-06-09 12:42 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-06-09 12:38 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-06-09 16:23 ` Robert I. Eachus
2004-06-09 16:38 ` Marius Amado Alves
2004-06-09 20:51 ` Robert I. Eachus
2004-06-10 12:43 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-15 19:55 ` Larry Kilgallen
2004-06-09 23:45 ` Richard Riehle
2004-06-10 12:58 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-11 18:03 ` Russ
2004-06-14 16:16 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-06-01 2:45 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-04 17:24 ` Improving Ada's image - Was: 7E7 Flight Controls Electronics (why not Universities?) Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-06-04 18:46 ` Marius Amado Alves
2004-06-07 12:58 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-06-07 17:11 ` Ada in colleges and universities Peter C. Chapin
2004-06-07 17:29 ` Marius Amado Alves
2004-06-07 19:47 ` Peter C. Chapin
2004-06-07 18:39 ` Björn Persson
2004-06-07 18:55 ` Marius Amado Alves
2004-06-07 19:21 ` Jerome Hugues
2004-06-07 19:27 ` (see below)
2004-06-07 19:44 ` Marius Amado Alves
2004-06-08 1:14 ` Alexander E. Kopilovich
2004-06-07 22:06 ` Björn Persson
2004-06-07 22:17 ` (see below)
2004-06-08 9:30 ` Adrian Knoth
2004-06-08 17:12 ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-06-08 18:19 ` Adrian Knoth
2004-06-08 9:53 ` Jano
2004-06-09 8:55 ` Pascal Obry
2004-06-07 19:53 ` Peter C. Chapin
2004-06-07 21:54 ` Björn Persson
2004-06-09 3:52 ` I R T
2004-06-09 12:51 ` Björn Persson
2004-06-10 2:58 ` Wes Groleau
2004-06-07 22:03 ` Ludovic Brenta
2004-06-08 0:16 ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-06-08 5:12 ` Ludovic Brenta
2004-06-08 16:14 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-06-06 13:34 ` Improving Ada's image - Was: 7E7 Flight Controls Electronics (why not Universities?) Ralph W. Reid
2004-06-07 2:38 ` Robert I. Eachus
2004-05-30 18:47 ` Improving Ada's image - Was: 7E7 Flight Controls Electronics Richard Riehle
2004-05-31 12:57 ` Marin David Condic
2004-05-31 23:36 ` Berend de Boer
2004-06-01 0:41 ` tmoran
2004-06-01 11:04 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-01 14:44 ` Wes Groleau
2004-06-01 18:43 ` Pascal Obry
2004-06-07 16:35 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG [this message]
2004-05-31 12:45 ` Marin David Condic
2004-05-31 20:55 ` Improving Ada's image Björn Persson
2004-06-01 0:41 ` Alexander E. Kopilovich
2004-06-01 11:23 ` Marin David Condic
2004-06-01 2:40 ` Improving Ada's image - Was: 7E7 Flight Controls Electronics Hyman Rosen
2004-06-01 21:14 ` Per Dalgas Jakobsen
2004-06-02 1:12 ` Ed Falis
2004-06-02 10:59 ` Stefan Nobis
2004-06-03 4:19 ` Jeffrey Carter
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2004-05-31 9:22 Rod Chapman
2004-06-01 11:30 ` Georg Bauhaus
2004-06-18 14:43 abrandon
2004-06-18 17:49 ` Wes Groleau
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