Re: Linux and Opportunities for Ada

[aidan@skinner.demon.co.uk (Aidan Skinner)]

On 20 Aug 1999 01:06:12 GMT, William Thomas
<wthomas.softplex@worldnet.att.net> wrote: 

>Why should the Linux World be any different from the rest of the marketing
>opportunities the Ada vendors have screwed up. Lets face it, the vendors

I think that part of the problem may be that (like much of the
computing world, except games for some reason) most of the vendors are
US based, where Ada still suffers from the DoD mandate induced
FUD. This attitude seems much less prevelant here (Scotland, and
Europe in general). That isn't to say that it doesn't exist (it does),
but it's less common than it appears to be in the states.

Looking at the email addresses for the Ada/Linux people, the vast
majority seem to be European.

>will only embrace it after it is too late and their is no hope of gaining
>market share, they will appear with too little too late, just as always.

That's what the ada-linux team is for:
(http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/linux-ada/) :) </cape>

- Aidan
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