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=0.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,cb5022f08c54504d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-10-25 17:48:22 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Path: nntp.gmd.de!xlink.net!fauern!news.th-darmstadt.de!terra.wiwi.uni-frankfurt.de!zeus.rbi.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de!news.dfn.de!Germany.EU.net!EU.net!uunet!psinntp!shellgate!camo!rgh From: Richard G. Hash Subject: Re: Pro*Ada Message-ID: Sender: usenet@shellgate.shell.com (USENET News System) Reply-To: rgh@shell.com Organization: Shell Bellaire Research Center References: <1994Oct5.113638.26570@relay.acadiau.ca> <36v38v$hsg@newsbf01.news.aol.com> <37jgdc$hv@blackbird.afit.af.mil> Date: Mon, 24 Oct 1994 17:25:27 GMT Date: 1994-10-24T17:25:27+00:00 List-Id: > >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. -- Richard G. Hash email: rgh@shell.com Shell Development Company, Bellaire Research Center phone: (713) 245-7311 Member Team Ada Free Ada94 compilers: cs.nyu.edu:/pub/gnat