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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,TO_NO_BRKTS_FROM_MSSP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-24 06:47:50 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-04!supernews.com!feed.textport.net!newsranger.com!www.newsranger.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: Ted Dennison References: <9IFe7.12813$6R6.1221214@news1.cableinet.net> <9lghqu$ac6$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B7C3293.76F49097@home.com> <9lhefg$lgd$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B7D47F1.25D6FC78@boeing.com> <5ee5b646.0108171856.18631c4c@posting.google.com> <3B7F624B.7294D24F@acm.org> <9lr6je$5hj$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9ltoi7$4is$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B82789B.8D195045@home.com> <9ltuo8$70n$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B829450.879B0396@home.com> <9m0d08$51j$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B83DE1A.7770DC9C@home.com> <9m0rc6$ak0$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B83F894.D7082F9A@home.com> <9m12li$db7$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9m1u2m$baq2@news.cis.okstate.edu> <9m3ifu$bri$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9m494u$9ic1@news.cis.okstate.edu> Subject: Re: Progress on AdaOS Message-ID: X-Abuse-Info: When contacting newsranger.com regarding abuse please X-Abuse-Info: forward the entire news article including headers or X-Abuse-Info: else we will not be able to process your request X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsranger.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 09:47:29 EDT Organization: http://www.newsranger.com Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 13:47:29 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12378 Date: 2001-08-24T13:47:29+00:00 List-Id: In article <9m494u$9ic1@news.cis.okstate.edu>, David Starner says... > >And what idiot is going to put their financial future on the line over >AdaOS? Whoever that idiot is, they're going to be starving quickly; >at best, it'll take 5 years for AdaOS to become profitable, assuming they That's a particuarly worthy point. There might be a few people here who would be willing to use a new OS just because it was written in Ada, but 5 users does not a success make. For just about anyone else, there are a lot more important considerations in their choice of OS, like what applications it runs, how nice the presentation is, how reliable it is, etc. Some may claim the the Ada OS will of course be more reliable, but remember that the coding language is only one factor that goes into reliability. There's also things like quality of the design, how its implemented, how well tested it is (which is primiarily a function of *use*). An Ada OS may eventually grow to become more secure and reliable, all other things being equal. But all other things will *never* be equal. --- T.E.D. homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html home email - mailto:dennison@telepath.com