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: 103376,3a9b49a9162025eb X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-02-03 05:26:51 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!beamish.news.atl.earthlink.net!guinness.news.atl.earthlink.net!news.atl.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!harp.news.atl.earthlink.net!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Bye-bye Ada ? Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 08:20:26 -0500 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: d1.56.bd.d3 X-Server-Date: 3 Feb 2003 13:21:39 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:33722 Date: 2003-02-03T13:21:39+00:00 List-Id: I hear tell that someone is already working on that. I'd prefer to do something a bit more original so as not to duplicate efforts - unless I thought I could do something better. (In this case, I doubt I'd be able to bring anything fresh to the table.) Besides, CASE tools and other programming aids are a tough market. There's a highly elastic demand and a small number of people (with respect to more general software) who can actually make use of the end product. It would be far better to pick some more general industry (like auto repair shops or beauty parlors or something "professional" like doctors or lawyers) and research what they'd potentially be able to use to automate their business more. Develop something for a narrower industry that has a large software component and some other sort of value-added product (like an integrated cash register or some on-line service - that's where you make the *real* money) and you've got something where the big players aren't going to drive you out of the market. Also, I think that developing things besides CASE tools is a better way to promulgate Ada usage. There are already sufficient tools available for Ada that will allow someone to get the job done, so now go out and find the job. The end user isn't going to care that you used Ada, so you've got no resistance to overcome. If you build something that starts gaining widespread use in some industry other folks will want to play in that ballpark and you've established the groundrules - use Ada. And if using Ada is as wonderful as we keep claiming it is, others will want to follow because you're building better software at a lower price. MDC -- ====================================================================== Marin David Condic I work for: http://www.belcan.com/ My project is: http://www.jast.mil/ Send Replies To: m c o n d i c @ a c m . o r g "I'd trade it all for just a little more" -- Charles Montgomery Burns, [4F10] ====================================================================== chris.danx wrote in message news:YSg%9.11201$RZ.121004@newsfep4-win.server.ntli.net... > > What about an open source fully integrated CASE environment? >