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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,53c5fea49e77990c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-29 17:11:28 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsmi-us.news.garr.it!NewsITBone-GARR!area.cu.mi.it!news.mailgate.org!fr.usenet-edu.net!usenet-edu.net!freenix!fr.clara.net!heighliner.fr.clara.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!psiuk-p2!psiuk-p3!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada Dot Net ? Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 08:54:06 -0500 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1017410047 26031 136.170.200.133 (29 Mar 2002 13:54:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 29 Mar 2002 13:54:07 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:21868 Date: 2002-03-29T13:54:07+00:00 List-Id: That's a big problem with a lot of the other things in Ada - in theory, volunteers could do it. But who is likely to dedicate the time needed without any compensation? We all might do something reasonably small, but a project of this magnitude might get in the way of our day jobs. :-) The current vendors might be interested in it from a speculative standpoint, but they are likely to be loathe to risk a large sum of money porting to a platform with no clear market segment out there eager to buy the end product. There might be people willing to put in some sweat equity on a venture targeting .NET, but I doubt it could get done as a volunteer effort. MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com "Jerry van Dijk" wrote in message news:wk8z8bg4ja.fsf@attglobal.net... > > In theory, of course, a volunteer effort could do it, starting with GNAT > (or even as a new gcc target). But last time I checked getting the info > needed from MS involved signing a lot of contracts with them, and paying > a handsome sum of serious money up front. >