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,c9ea66d3dcd0bfcf X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-07 21:38:42 PST Path: newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!sn-xit-01!supernews.com!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: RE: [ANNOUNCE] XML/Ada 0.5 released References: X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 04:38:42 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.20.190.201 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.rdc1.sfba.home.com 989296722 24.20.190.201 (Mon, 07 May 2001 21:38:42 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 21:38:42 PDT Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster Xref: newsfeed.google.com comp.lang.ada:7302 Date: 2001-05-08T04:38:42+00:00 List-Id: >I have no idea what you are referring to when you use this phrase, >but undoubtedly you are confused a bit on what this means An interesting viewpoint. >We are the only remaining successful Ada vendor (as in a vendor whose >primary product is Ada), and we think that is becayuse we know how to >persue the market. It would be interesting to hear your former competitor's views on their reasons for abandoning the Ada compiler business. In fact, is it reasonable to call ACT an "Ada vendor" when it does not in fact "vend" Ada compilers? Isn't ACT a vendor of support services, specialized for the GNAT compiler?