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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,f49c8f164340c377 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news2.google.com!news.glorb.com!wn14feed!worldnet.att.net!bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: anon@anon.org (anon) Subject: Re: Current status of Ada? Reply-To: anon@anon.org (anon) References: <1187726191.464593.16480@r34g2000hsd.googlegroups.com> X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 2.0 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:01:57 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.65.162.70 X-Complaints-To: abuse@worldnet.att.net X-Trace: bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net 1188460917 12.65.162.70 (Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:01:57 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:01:57 GMT Organization: AT&T Worldnet Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:1603 Date: 2007-08-30T08:01:57+00:00 List-Id: In , Colin Paul Gloster 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. >|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| >|" It was reported that during the | >|IBM and SCO legal battle, that Microsoft was stop from deploying its | >|software in some European companies, because those European companies | >|perfered to used LINUX. They got the Europe court involve and Europe | >|won, Microsoft lost!" | >|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| > >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.