Re: Current status of Ada?

[anon@anon.org (anon)]

In <slrnfdalvv.bk.Colin_Paul_Gloster@localhost.localdomain>, Colin Paul Gloster <Colin_Paul_Gloster@ACM.org> writes:

>Which companies used OS/2 much?

Besides banking.  Some electronic and car firms in Japan. For others 
and to know which ones, well I suggest you go to the local Public 
Library and check out some of the computer magazines of the 1990s.
All of my magazines are Archived.

But IBM stop supporting OS/2 in DEC 2006, so I am not sure who is 
still using OS/2 now. And for its time it was better than Windows both 
as a server and a wokstation.

Just to keep this abot Ada!

The orginal NYU GNAT was built under EMX and OS/2. Then next adapted 
to SUN operating system. The Windows GNAT version was last. 


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>I am unaware of this.

I believe there is a link at www.groklaw.net about the Microsoft and 
European court battle, it was a couple of years ago that I saw it, so
look in the achives! Also, in my reading at groklaw.net there were 
reports that a number of countries have or were iin the process of 
creating Anti-Microsoft software laws on the books.  Some stories at 
groklaw.net have suggested it was TCO for LINUX system versus a 
Microsoft system, but other stories suggest different reasons. 



This leads one to believe that most Non-US companies will not switch to
Vesta.

>Maybe not, maybe.

This should be a no brainer!  Keep the existing LINUX system which is 
easy to update and update only when it is needed. Plus you do not have 
to update software unless there is a problem or an expansion. Or pay 
Microsoft Big bucks for a complete new system both software as 
well as new hardware, every 18 to 24 months and a yearly licensing 
fee.