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,FREEMAIL_FROM,
	LOTS_OF_MONEY autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII
X-Google-Thread: 103376,50601885924edfd3
X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public
X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-03 00:41:20 PST
Path: archiver1.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail
From: antonio_duran@hotmail.com (Antonio Duran)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Microsoft .Net, Ada should be at the head of this list
Date: 3 Jun 2002 00:41:20 -0700
Organization: http://groups.google.com/
Message-ID: <e1a50f2.0206022341.3f83525b@posting.google.com>
References: <mailman.1023035404.3385.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org>
 <slrnafkloh.jg4.gerhard@lilith.my-fqdn.de>
NNTP-Posting-Host: 192.101.1.126
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
X-Trace: posting.google.com 1023090080 23907 127.0.0.1 (3 Jun 2002 07:41:20
 GMT)
X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com
NNTP-Posting-Date: 3 Jun 2002 07:41:20 GMT
Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:25242
Date: 2002-06-03T07:41:20+00:00
List-Id: <comp.lang.ada>

Gerhard H�ring <gerhard@bigfoot.de> wrote in message news:<slrnafkloh.jg4.gerhard@lilith.my-fqdn.de>...
> Robert C. Leif wrote in comp.lang.ada:
> > The reason I posted this was to benefit the commercial use of Ada.
>  
> > I doubt that Microsoft would believe that Ada was a serious
> > commercial threat.
> 
> Why would $ProgrammingLanguage be a threat to $Company? That doesn't
> make any sense to me.
> 
> > It would be benefit the software industry and customers, if
> > Microsoft by mentioning Ada, would help in the commercial
> > development of Ada.
> 
> I don't see how posting wishful thinking and Ada advocacy to an Ada
> newsgroup would help _anybody_, let alone software industry or
> customers. Sorry to be so blunt, but that's the impression I get from
> your posts. Maybe I'm too realistic, but that's an accusation I can
> live with ;-)
> 
> No, I can tell you what would really help to get an Ada for .NET
> compiler. If those who want it go to ACT (or whatever compiler vendor
> they favour) and tell them:
> 
>     "We'd really like to get an Ada compiler for .NET. And we'd
>     sponsor the initial development with $50.000. If the compiler
>     doesn't get finished, we want our money back."
> 
>     (of course several such persons/companies would be needed)
> 
> Or if you work in academia (I dunno), it would be good idea to let
> your students do research for an Ada/.NET compiler, probably best on
> the basis of JGNAT.
> 
> Or start a Sourceforge project named gnatdotnet and hope that skilled
> compiler developers will join and do all the work for you ;-)
> 
> Gerhard
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Robert C. Leif wrote in comp.lang.ada:
> > [I want an Ada for .NET compiler]

Maybe starting a Sourceforge project is not aligned with the official
Microsoft policy. I guess Sourceforge does not support Shared Source
licenses yet :-)

   Antonio Duran