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: 103376,52a0bacbcdd2da17 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-08-12 21:00:22 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!oleane.net!oleane!freenix!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: "Robert C. Leif" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: RE: Realtime/embedded project to help with employment. Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 20:58:06 -0700 Organization: ENST, France Message-ID: 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 1060747221 20145 137.194.161.2 (13 Aug 2003 04:00:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 04:00:21 +0000 (UTC) To: , Return-Path: X-Envelope-From: rleif@rleif.com X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5329 Thread-Index: AcNhJIQLZwUI7/rwQlWWfdj85t2XHgAJse5Q X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail to news gateway List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:41363 Date: 2003-08-12T20:58:06-07:00 Because ASIS provides the functionality to determine the actual contribution of individual packages to the linked code. Imagined scenario: I supply you with a one million line library and you use 100 lines of the code in a commercial project. (The metric is unimportant). Do you pay me for the one million or 100 lines? ASIS provides the technology to have you just pay me for the 100 lines without both of our lawyers negotiating the deal and eating up most of the profits. Variations on this would be payment for the 100 lines and a small fee for the capacity to use the entire library. If we can create a rational, efficient market for Ada components, we might still be able to compete. In fact, I believe that we could grab the markets. Bob Robert C. Leif, Ph.D. Email rleif@rleif.com -----Original Message----- From: Colin Paul Gloster [mailto:Colin_Paul_Gloster@ACM.org] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 9:18 AM To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Subject: Re: Realtime/embedded project to help with employment. Rob Leif confused Colin Paul Gloster with: "[..] The added benefit is that because of ASIS, Ada is by far the best language for profitable cooperative software development. [..]" Sorry, why?