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 12:08:09 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 19:08:03 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: <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 998507283 27131 129.241.83.82 (22 Aug 2001 19:08:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 19:08:03 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.1 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12276 Date: 2001-08-22T19:08:03+00:00 List-Id: On Wed, 22 Aug 2001 13:45:23 -0400, Didier Utheza wrote: > I think a good defenition is anarchy, people working for the common good > (anarchy is not chaos). The common good in the case of the free Unixes was Huh? What are you refering to? > You can have a hobby and work for it seriously. For prof. > programmers/hackers, creating a program is still an art. And this may be > the other type of motivation. For prof. programmers/hackers I guess the main motivation is to get paid. I mean usually the programmer don't have any relation with the product he produces as he doesn't use it. When one look at all these "hobby" projects, the programmers are usually using the end product. I think that is an important point. I don't say that the programmers working for money are any worse or anything, but to do something you really care about usually influences that you do. Those who makes products that they use themselves while earning money are of course fortunate. 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/