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"Marin David Condic" <marin.condic.auntie.spam@pacemicro.com> a �crit dans
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> So, IMHO, Ada needs to be more "Customer Centered" and offer the users &
> potential users the kinds of things they are currently buying.

I agree. No product, how excellent it is, can afford to forget this
elementary rule.
And Ada how excellent it is, is everything but "Customer Centered"

> Or we can say "What you want doesn't make sense and when you smarten up,
> you'll choose Ada" - but that hasn't worked well so far in terms of
> capturing a large market.

Right.
I saw Ada being promoted that way for about 12 years
Everybody can see the result today.
And I had don't see very well why it would work better in the future.