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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,55958fd991db66fe X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-09-15 22:21:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.gamma.ru!Gamma.RU!proxad.net!proxad.net!fr.usenet-edu.net!usenet-edu.net!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: "Robert C. Leif" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: RE: Advantage of XML based GUI? (was Re: Ada-inspired OS/Language) Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 22:20:09 -0700 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 1032153662 22424 137.194.161.2 (16 Sep 2002 05:21:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 05:21:02 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: X-Envelope-From: rleif@rleif.com X-Envelope-To: X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4024 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail<->news gateway List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:29005 Date: 2002-09-15T22:20:09-07:00 The common Office Tools could be done as XML applications based on schemas and XSL. I presently use Adobe FrameMaker for all of my serious writing and our office still uses Lotus Improv. Improv, which started with NextStep and migrated to Windows was killed by Lotus. It has the great advantage of being able to rename the rows and columns with unique names. Therefore, the formulas are human readable. FrameMaker has the great advantage that it lacks Word's artificial stupidity and thus, maintains its paragraph definitions. Parenthetically, the spreadsheet should serve as the tables in the wordprocessor. Bob Leif -----Original Message----- From: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org [mailto:comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org] On Behalf Of Marin David Condic Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2002 6:00 AM To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Subject: Re: Advantage of XML based GUI? (was Re: Ada-inspired OS/Language) Proividing a superior level of security management is another area that could greatly differentiate AdaOS from other systems. This would help create a niche in which it could gain acceptance and gradually find applications getting ported to it. That overcomes a lot because its obvious that any new OS has to play "Catch Up" with the others in terms of getting apps ported to it. Here, you'd be able to say "Well, maybe we don't have the latest version of Space Invaders or Auto-CAD running on AdaOS, but we've got at least the common Office tools and if you need security around your documents, this is the way to go..." MDC -- ====================================================================== Marin David Condic I work for: http://www.belcan.com/ My project is: http://www.jast.mil/ Send Replies To: m c o n d i c @ a c m . o r g "I'd trade it all for just a little more" -- Charles Montgomery Burns, [4F10] ====================================================================== Nick Roberts wrote in message news:3d822b59.1088140942@news.cis.dfn.de... > > And I say 'organisation', because I could be talking about a DoD > department, or I could just as easily be talking about Lockheed Martin > (Skunkworks) or some other corporation. Consider the banks and other > financial institutions; isn't it vital that their data is protected? Then > consider medical records. Passport, national insurance, and immigration > records. Police and court records. The list goes on and on. Their data > security is vital. >