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From: news0203@nerdnet.de (Jan-Uwe Finck)
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Subject: Re: Bye-bye Ada ?
Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2003 20:54:55 +0100
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Alfred Hilscher <Alfred.Hilscher@t-online.de> wrote:
> 
> I'm still missing Ada applications at all (in the public). I never 
> heard about a CD-burning app in Ada, nor of an .wav or .bmp manipulation
> app, nor something else (except GNAT and GVD). If there is not the _one_
> killer app, is this a reason for not having _anything_ in Ada?

Well, at least a CD-burning software exists. although not under
the usual OS', but under Risc OS (http://www.riscos.com and .org)
called CDBurn (http://www.huber-net.de/cdburn.htm),
the author mentions his use of Ada on his website here
(http://www.huber-net.de/ada.htm), unfortunately in german.  

Yes, people use Ada.
This may be a little comfort, but there is one.