Re: Pro*Ada

[Richard G. Hash <rgh@shell.com>]

> >Some time ago an Oracle employee wrote to me that Oracle hardly ever
> >receives feedback from the Ada community, and therefore he suspected
> >the Ada community to be a 'self-sufficient lot'. 
> 
> Without going into details, I can assure you that we've used Pro*Ada
> and we've provided _substantial_ feedback to Oracle Corporation.

Well our latest beauty with Pro*Ada is that recently we tried to move
from Verdix 6.1.0(e) to Verdix 6.2.1(e) for AIX, and lo-and-behold, there
were problems...  So we called Oracle and got this reply: they *do*
support 6.2.1, but "only for the Government". If you are willing to pay
for a special support agreement then you can get it too (you can
call Carol Estridge to inquire about the cost).

In the past they have tracked new compilers releases pretty well.
Given the level of money Shell companies pour into Oracle every
year, I just couldn't believe this. Not a good sign.

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Richard G. Hash                                      email: rgh@shell.com
Shell Development Company, Bellaire Research Center  phone: (713) 245-7311
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