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=0.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,FREEMAIL_FROM, INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,bdd30c42c9993fa3 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Nobat" Subject: Re: off-topic ... Date: 1999/11/18 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 550165427 References: <38336E5A.D744214E@australia.boeing.com> X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 X-Trace: carnaval.risq.qc.ca 942941191 132.207.60.24 (Thu, 18 Nov 1999 11:06:31 EST) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 11:06:31 EST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1999-11-18T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Hi Peter, Thank you for you comments; Please note I am not criticizing anyone. I only found this business model very different from other compiler Vendors. (I am not neither expert in Business nor in Ada95). I think aggressive presentation of Ada compiler in vendor websites and other high-traffic websites (Developer.com, Planet IT, CNET, ZDNET,..look at JAVE companies), as well as advertising in professional journals (talking about advantages of using Ada95, advertising some of success stories), talking with proud about new implemented features and benchmark results (developing and distributing some home-made benchmarks),etc. would probably help the Ada vendors and community ... IMHO, you cannot sell an excellent product without aggressively presenting it...(maybe I am wrong) Regards; Nobat news:38336E5A.D744214E@australia.boeing.com... > I don't find in all that strange. Such information regarding Fortran and C++ > compilers is (presumably) generally because they have just implemented some > (new/existing) feature of the language i.e. their product has "grown" in some > dimension etc Whereas, Ada has a well recognised standard, the compiler either > comforms (in which case it is released and sold) or it doesn't conform (in > which case it is not yet on the market :-)). The only thing Ada vendors can > "brag" about is either additions wrt the Annexes (which you do see as > announcements) or bug fixes (which no-one really wants to noise about anyway > :-)). >