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=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,92c39a3be0a7f17d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-18 07:51:04 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!213.56.195.71!fr.usenet-edu.net!usenet-edu.net!enst!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: "Robert C. Leif, Ph.D." Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: RE: Future with Ada Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 07:49:50 -0800 Organization: ENST, France Sender: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org Message-ID: Reply-To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 1008690663 81438 137.194.161.2 (18 Dec 2001 15:51:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 15:51:03 +0000 (UTC) To: Return-Path: X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <3C1E728E.7030702@earthlink.net> Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail<->news gateway List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:18053 Date: 2001-12-18T07:49:50-08:00 From: Bob Leif To: Ian S. Nelson et al, As I have already pointed out, the developers of Linux have contributed mightily to the fortunes of the founders of RedHat and the shareholders of companies like IBM. I hope that entrance to the software engineering profession does not require an oath of poverty. R. C. Leif, "SIGAda 99, Workshop: How do We Expedite the Commercial Use of Ada?" Ada Letters XX pp19-26 (2000). -----Original Message----- From: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org [mailto:comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org]On Behalf Of Ian S. Nelson Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 2:33 PM To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Subject: Re: Future with Ada Marin David Condic wrote: > bring about such a situation. Volunteer time with minimal chance of > financial reward will only go so far. Its possible that with an interesting > enough project and a small group of developers willing to do some work on > speculation that a commercial thing could come out of it, you might see some > motion in the right direction. But then you need a project that captures > some imaginations and develops from there. Suggestions? Come on. What about Linux and GCC and GIMP, and the tons and tons of other free softwares? What about all that stuff the Eric Raymond has written? Ian Nelson