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From: Rod Kay <rodakay5@gmail.com>
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Subject: [ANN] Ada IRC channel on Freenode
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About twice a year we try to advertise the #ada channel on the Freenode 
IRC network.  Celebrating its twentieth birthday this year, the channel 
continues to be active and friendly.  These days it averages about 80 
users at a time, large enough to support lively and informative 
discussions but small enough so it's not a madhouse.

Topics range all over the map, from building the latest GNAT to writing 
an OS in Ada to daily Ada programming issues to how to use PolyOrb to 
use the Distributed Systems Annex.  The stated topic is discussing Ada 
in the context of free and open-source software, but commercial users 
are equally welcome.

So fire up your favorite IRC client and come join us!  The network is 
homed at irc.freenode.net, but has servers all over the world.  Visit 
www.freenode.net on the web for details.  Hope to see you soon!