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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,e86fa7a4ba7677cb X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-09-26 13:59:22 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!europa.netcrusader.net!128.230.129.106!news.maxwell.syr.edu!intgwpad.nntp.telstra.net!news1.optus.net.au!optus!newsfeed.ozemail.com.au!ozemail.com.au!not-for-mail From: "Chris Miller" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <8ppqgs$j5n@drn.newsguy.com> <39BE218D.B26DF3FD@kg.hsanet.net> <8qmkfo$blb$1@nnrp1.deja.com> Subject: Re: urgent question to maintain the ada-language inside the enterprise X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 1cust244.tnt2.syd2.da.uu.net X-Trace: ozemail.com.au 970001879 63.12.1.244 (Wed, 27 Sep 2000 07:57:59 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 07:57:59 EST Organization: OzEmail Ltd, Australia Distribution: world Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 06:55:24 +1000 Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:804 Date: 2000-09-27T06:55:24+10:00 List-Id: > There are many legitimate reasons to consider using PC's not > least of which is price performance, however, despite what > Microsoft might like you to think, moving to PC's does not > necessarily mean moving to NT. And it doesn't have to be one or the other. My current favorite platform is a dual boot PC with (NT4/W2000) and Linux. This gives the best of both worlds, and you only need a single box on the desk. You can use MS Office to do all the usual corporate stuff (Staroffice isn't quite there yet), then hit ctrl-alt-del, and you have all the good old Unix "pigs in mud" Makefiles, CVS, editors, shell scripts and more. I do most Ada programming on Linux. I see this as being a common arrangement in coming years. Chris Miller 26/9/2000.