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,cec20777e0d41ea0 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-02-09 05:09:19 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.tele.dk!193.251.151.101!opentransit.net!jussieu.fr!enst!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: "Robert C. Leif, Ph.D." Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: RE: Increased Interest In Ada? Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 05:08:12 -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="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 981724159 1001 137.194.161.2 (9 Feb 2001 13:09:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 13:09:19 +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) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 In-Reply-To: <20010208154058.16762.00001566@nso-mp.aol.com> Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail<->news gateway List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:5058 Date: 2001-02-09T05:08:12-08:00 From: Bob Leif To: Brad Crawford >From a marketing perspective, we should treat Ada as a new product. Therefore, we should reverse Ada's name. If we changed the name and started issuing press releases, we could start a new software bandwagon. I know that there would be something unusual about hyping a product that actually worked. -----Original Message----- From: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org [mailto:comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org]On Behalf Of BSCrawford Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 12:41 PM To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Subject: Re: Increased Interest In Ada? In article <3A82EFA2.C8756B09@acm.org>, Marin David Condic writes: >This is just a perceptual observation, but it seems that C.L.A. is >enjoying an increased participation level in recent months. ... I think we should begin speaking of "Ada, the Comeback Language." (It worked for Bill Clinton in 1992 :-) Bard S. Crawford, Author of "Ada Essentials: Overview, Examples and Glossary," a compact volume available in three forms: printed book, pdf file, and a collection of browser-based web pages. See http://www.learnada.com ----------------------- Stage Harbor Software 9 Patriots Drive - Lexington, MA - 02420 USA bard@learnada.com - 781-862-3613