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: 103376,55958fd991db66fe X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-09-16 01:16:22 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news.net.uni-c.dk!uninett.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Advantage of XML based GUI? (was Re: Ada-inspired OS/Language) Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 08:16:22 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: <4519e058.0209101828.cb5ff85@posting.google.com> <3d7f9d3f.920665532@news.cis.dfn.de> <3d80b566.992395741@news.cis.dfn.de> <3d822b59.1088140942@news.cis.dfn.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1032164182 12364 129.241.83.78 (16 Sep 2002 08:16:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 08:16:22 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:29008 Date: 2002-09-16T08:16:22+00:00 List-Id: On Sat, 14 Sep 2002 08:59:52 -0400, Marin David Condic wrote: > Proividing a superior level of security management is another area that > could greatly differentiate AdaOS from other systems. This would help create > a niche in which it could gain acceptance and gradually find applications > getting ported to it. That overcomes a lot because its obvious that any new > OS has to play "Catch Up" with the others in terms of getting apps ported to > it. Here, you'd be able to say "Well, maybe we don't have the latest version > of Space Invaders or Auto-CAD running on AdaOS, but we've got at least the > common Office tools and if you need security around your documents, this is > the way to go..." I guess the server-market is easier to target first. Say a secure AdaOS runnig a f.ex AWS server. That would have been fun. Preben