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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-22 10:17:36 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!129.240.148.23!uio.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: randhol+abuse@pvv.org (Preben Randhol) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Progress on AdaOS (Was: Re: How Ada could have prevented the Red Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 17:17:35 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: <9IFe7.12813$6R6.1221214@news1.cableinet.net> <9lghqu$ac6$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B7C3293.76F49097@home.com> <9lhefg$lgd$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B7D47F1.25D6FC78@boeing.com> <5ee5b646.0108171856.18631c4c@posting.google.com> <3B7F624B.7294D24F@acm.org> <9lr6je$5hj$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9ltoi7$4is$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B82789B.8D195045@home.com> <9ltuo8$70n$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B829450.879B0396@home.com> <9m0d08$51j$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B83DE1A.7770DC9C@home.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 998500655 24113 129.241.83.82 (22 Aug 2001 17:17:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 17:17:35 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.1 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12261 Date: 2001-08-22T17:17:35+00:00 List-Id: On Wed, 22 Aug 2001 16:30:18 GMT, Warren W. Gay VE3WWG wrote: > > Unless I lived across the street from you, and had to look > at your un-mowed lawn, there is no benefit for me to mow > your lawn for free. ;-) > > However the Open Sourced approach means that I can contribute to the > general good, and continue to reap its benefits. This is still "free > labour", but the difference is that I derive some "benefit" from the > process (my contributions will be propagated and/or improved). You > of course derive the benefit of my contribution as well. I would say that it is more like a small community where everybody helps to build a nice park that everybody can enjoy afterwards. Preben Randhol -- �Don't use C; In my opinion, C is a library programming language not an app programming language.� - Owen Taylor (GTK+ developer) Use Ada 95, a free language. More info at http://www.adapower.com/