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,be23df8e7e275d73 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-09 19:32:23 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!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: "is ada dead?" A challenge for all of us? Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 19:30:03 -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 994732342 12265 137.194.161.2 (10 Jul 2001 02:32:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 02:32:22 +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: <200107091850350230.005FE13B@smtp-po.inetia.pl> Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.4 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: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:9701 Date: 2001-07-09T19:30:03-07:00 From: Bob Leif To: Michal Nowak et al. Michal Nowak suggested, "Maybe a CD-player?" There are two reasonably simple opportunities for the Windows ME and other markets. 1) Fax software. Symantec WinFax does not support Windows ME. 2) Roxio (Adaptec) Direct CD has extremely limited functionality for backups. A GUI version of DOS XCopy would be far more useful. I believe that the target price should be between $10 to $20 for each program with automated delivery via the Web. -----Original Message----- From: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org [mailto:comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org]On Behalf Of Michal Nowak Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 9:51 AM To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Subject: Re: "is ada dead?" A challenge for all of us? >Heres a challenge...one that I'm taking up myself. For each Ada developer >in the group here to find a piece of software that they like and find useful, >and do thier own little re-implementation of it in Ada95, with all the little >benefits that Ada95 offers implemented in addition to what comes standard >with the application. > >Personally, I think the server side is where this type of challenge would >truly show Ada95 for the gem that I've found it to be. > >It doesnt have to be a huge project. Just a something simple. An email app, >a database frontend/client, blah blah blah. [snip] >What do you think? I was also thinking about it. For me it's a good idea. I'm still newbie to Ada and it will be a good exercise to get know Ada better. And it will be a great pleasure to drop some Ada program to people. Maybe a CD-player? There are some nice CD-Players for linux, but there was always something missing. So I have intention to write one and share with it. I hope I succeed... :) -Mike ------------------------ Mike Nowak mailto: vinnie@inetia.pl