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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1138ec,3ab5c68eb37ef983,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1138ec,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,a1ce307c10055549 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-12-20 14:45:07 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news1.optus.net.au!optus!spool01.syd.optusnet.com.au!spool.optusnet.com.au!not-for-mail From: faust Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.os.os2.advocacy Subject: IBM , the kiss of death ( Re: IBM Acquires Rational Ada) Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 09:40:54 -0800 Organization: Cthulhu Fthagn Reply-To: The Elder Gods Message-ID: References: <3DF1615C.7AAAC86E@adaworks.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.92/32.572 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 210.49.81.163 X-Trace: 1040424022 23826 210.49.81.163 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:32125 comp.os.os2.advocacy:43729 Date: 2002-12-21T09:40:54-08:00 List-Id: Richard Riehle , emitted these fragments: >Just announced today was the 2.1 billion dollar purchase >of Rational by IBM. One can only wonder what will happen >to the Ada compiler products. Here is a hint. Look at what IBM did to OS/2 Look at what IBM did to Lotus Look at what IBM did to their own PC business. I suppose that some of the technology may surface later in some other product. But you can kiss Rational goodbye. >Things will either get better >or they will get worse. Or they will stay much the same. -------------------------------------------------------- Come see, real flowers of this pain-filled world. (from Basho)