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, LOTS_OF_MONEY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ac39a12d5faf5b14 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 11232c,877ba3d67e73c6c3 X-Google-Attributes: gid11232c,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-04-17 16:40:28 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!easynet-tele!easynet-monga!easynet.net!newsfeed.esat.net!news.indigo.ie!diablo.theplanet.net!diablo.theplanet.net!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,misc.misc Subject: Re: Rant! (was) Development process in the Ada community Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 08:55:24 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: References: <3CB46975.90408@snafu.de> <5ee5b646.0204121930.64733eeb@posting.google.com> <5wTt8.15598$C21.3515342@news6-win.server.ntlworld.com> <5ee5b646.0204130620.114953ae@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1019048125 19751 136.170.200.133 (17 Apr 2002 12:55:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 17 Apr 2002 12:55:25 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:22689 misc.misc:6514 Date: 2002-04-17T12:55:25+00:00 List-Id: "martin.m.dowie" wrote in message news:Ar8v8.41325$C21.7794767@news6-win.server.ntlworld.com... > > > CANAL+ could be a better bet - are you out there Pascal? > > > > > Maybe - but are they big enough and interested enough to finance some sort > > of Ada endeavor? > > Big enough - I think so I think it is Universal Studios they own amongst > others. > They do (most of the?) set top boxes for terrestrial digital TV in Europe. > > Interest enough - probably not :-( > Well since the Set-Top Box business doesn't (yet) have a dominant OS or resident application or a definitive set of third-party apps, it is still wide open for new technologies to emerge. Its not like the home PC market where basically its some version of Windows and Office apps that define the environment. Finding a way for Ada to play in that arena could be a big boost. I think to interest a company in some sort of funding of an Ada endeavor in this area is possible. It has to be dreampt up along the lines of creating some kind of competitive advantage for them and sold to them. Being in the set-top box business, I can see how hard it is driven by cost and time to market. Its really hard to get people in the company to focus on an R&D kind of thing when the rush is always on to hurry up and get the next thing out the door. But that doesn't mean that its totally impossible to get someone to listen to a good idea. MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com