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=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,583275b6950bf4e6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-05-23 03:38:14 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed-east.nntpserver.com!nntpserver.com!news.sprintnetops.net!news.cse.sc.edu!ken-transit.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-server.bigpond.net.au!not-for-mail From: Dale Stanbrough Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Quality systems (Was: Using Ada for device drivers? (Was: the Ada mandate, and why it collapsed and died)) References: <9fa75d42.0305141747.5680c577@posting.google.com> <7GGwa.849701$F1.107635@sccrnsc04> <3EC3A45B.4A34A487@easystreet.com> <5e9b8c34.0305211211.75bdfc5d@posting.google.com> <3ECDBC6A.F6F06C96@adaworks.com> User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.3b1 (PPC Mac OS X) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 10:37:07 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 144.132.47.50 X-Complaints-To: abuse@bigpond.net.au X-Trace: news-server.bigpond.net.au 1053686227 144.132.47.50 (Fri, 23 May 2003 20:37:07 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 20:37:07 EST Organization: BigPond Internet Services (http://www.bigpond.net.au) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:37680 Date: 2003-05-23T10:37:07+00:00 List-Id: Richard Riehle wrote: > Randy Brukardt wrote: > > > In any case, Meridian was sold to Verdix, who was sold to Rational, who > > was sold to IBM. I'm pretty sure no one can find that anymore. RRS is > > still here; we'll still support Janus/Ada 83. > > And no one is supporting Meridian anymore. Rational, after acquiring > ownership of Meridian promptly sold it to another publisher. If I recall > correctly, that was Harcourt-Brace. No one has any idea what Harcourt > intended to do with it but they seem to have allowed it to vanish. I recall that they intended to issue an Ada book with the compiler in the back. > Any current copy of Meridian is probably out of copyright and can > probably be used freely. However, as Randy points out, Janus is > still supported and can be purchased at a pretty reasonable price. Threw my copy in the bin quite some time ago. Dale