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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.52.138.175 with SMTP id qr15mr1648712vdb.4.1415125888474; Tue, 04 Nov 2014 10:31:28 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.140.34.14 with SMTP id k14mr24801qgk.8.1415125888414; Tue, 04 Nov 2014 10:31:28 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.glorb.com!i13no1222364qae.0!news-out.google.com!u5ni20qab.1!nntp.google.com!i13no1222363qae.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 10:31:28 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <6d2d562c-8249-47c8-9cc8-e65e57bcacc7@googlegroups.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=50.140.197.120; posting-account=yiWntAoAAAC1KqC_shmxJYv07B9l6LNU NNTP-Posting-Host: 50.140.197.120 References: <1c386f07-6531-4cdb-b588-47c708f9f357@googlegroups.com> <6d2d562c-8249-47c8-9cc8-e65e57bcacc7@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: The older you are the stupider you are? From: David Botton Injection-Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 18:31:28 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:23028 Date: 2014-11-04T10:31:28-08:00 List-Id: > strategy without pursuing a "perfect" solution.=20 Not sure this is a different strategy. > 1. Faster development time Gnoga and Ada does that for web apps. > 2. Lower cost of maintaining the system over lifetimes of one to three y= ears Ada provides that. > In this case, it might make sense to choose one of the standard Linux=20 > distributions and use their gcc (and related) packages. The upcoming Debian Jesse has all that is needed for Gnoga. > cgi-bin might work Not needed for Gnoga, not sure why anyone would use either. > in that case - it has the advantage of being compiled. Gnoga is compiled and doesn't have the disadvantages of CGI. > The key to making=20 > this a successful business strategy is probably going to be standardizing > the development framework and selecting appropriate niche markets for sta= rting out. Done, Gnoga and its upcoming market place for pre-canned small business sof= tware, components and connection to consultants and developers. > It doesn't make sense to compete directly with AdaCore's competitive > advantage in life-critical systems. AdaCore doesn't work with the Applications space at all. I am also in conta= ct (well in theory in contact) with them and plan on discussions to make th= e space profitable for them as well as others getting in to it. They are th= e main maintainers of the compiler and it would be nice to have them on boa= rd and not trying to harm any effort in their misunderstanding of how it he= lps them in the small and big picture. > Rather, it will be necessary to demonstrate > Ada advantages in agile development, on-time delivery, service guarantees= , > and lower maintenance cost (over a one to three-year lifecycle). Agreed, the stronger the show there the better. David Botton