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,LOTS_OF_MONEY, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,983e74916bd5861f,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!proxad.net!usenet-fr.net!enst.fr!melchior!cuivre.fr.eu.org!melchior.frmug.org!not-for-mail From: "Andrew Carroll" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Microsoft & Ada Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 00:31:03 -0600 Organization: Cuivre, Argent, Or Message-ID: References: <20040907010534.A306B4C40C2@lovelace.ada-france.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lovelace.ada-france.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org 1094537444 99189 212.85.156.195 (7 Sep 2004 06:10:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 06:10:44 +0000 (UTC) To: Return-Path: X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p10 (Debian) at ada-france.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Gateway to the comp.lang.ada Usenet newsgroup" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:3411 Date: 2004-09-07T00:31:03-06:00 Well let's see. Micorsoft recently gave my almamater six million dollars worth of software and other "stuff". Do you think their generocity is a means to and end? The school sure appreciates it and any C.S. students that go there get free software. The freshmen I talked to recently (who were there when I was a senior) say there has been a "sharp" (no pun intended) curriculum change. Go figure. It's not that great of me to say bad things about a company that has given A LOT of money to others. Then again giving with the expectation of getting something back isn't giving, it's bribing. Ada has A LOT going for it and one very, very large customer (with deeeeeep pockets). You got it, Uncle Sam plus all the other countries who use Ada. The real sad part about it, if it actually came down to this, is that your experience and education with Ada doesn't have the Microsoft Certificate of Approval to develop Ada software the "Microsoft way". Ouch... Oh no, make no mistake about it, MS Visual Ada will be MUCH different than the Ada you know. That's almost a guarantee. I can see it now..."smart bombs" flying through the air with a big blue, red, green and yellow stickers on it that say "Powered by Centrino" or "Windows inside". I can almost hear it... "CP, CP this is seal team two over" "go ahead team two" "We've got a SITREP" "Send the SITREP team two" "We're pinned down by three Iraqi tanks and our smart missles won't fire" "Did you reboot team two?" "Roger" "Did you check the events in the event viewer" "Roger, no clear resolutions available" "Wait one team two" "Roger CP" "Team two this is CP" "Go ahead CP" "Microsoft support wants to know if you installed the latest service pack" Ehhhh, I'm so optomistic at times. I'm sure there is SOMETHING good to come of it right? Who knows, maybe they'll come out with AdaOS. Is the Ada language and grammar licensed or patented? Yep, your right, I'm over reacting. Andrew Carroll Carroll-Tech 720-273-6814 andrew@carroll-tech.net