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-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,58988230753075de X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-27 23:41:05 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!uio.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: randhol+abuse@pvv.org (Preben Randhol) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: In praise of Ada Freeware Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 06:41:04 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: <9kent0$ivo$2@news.btv.ibm.com> <5ee5b646.0108031815.599ecf37@posting.google.com> <9me5be$q2k$1@news.btv.ibm.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 998980864 9523 129.241.83.82 (28 Aug 2001 06:41:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 06:41:04 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.1 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12503 Date: 2001-08-28T06:41:04+00:00 List-Id: On Mon, 27 Aug 2001 20:34:52 +0000 (UTC), Preben Randhol wrote: > In article <9me5be$q2k$1@news.btv.ibm.com>, Dale Pontius wrote: > >> Better yet, it may also devalue a competitor's product line by making >> free competition for their for-sale product, (This is more likely if >> you're a niche player and they are more diversified.) leaving you >> slightly stronger in the areas where you are head-to-head. > > Which in my opinion is the strategy Sun is going after with Open Office. > I mean to break the M$ Office monopoly. And here is how Microsoft is doing it to keep the monopoly: http://www.smh.com.au/icon/0108/28/news1000.html Preben Randhol -- with Ada, Programming_Is_Safer; use Ada;