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From: Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam (Larry Kilgallen)
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Subject: Re: More Uniform Ada libraries (was: Proving Correctness)
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In article <7U9c7.69$Ll6.174170@nnrp4.proxad.net>, "nicolas" <n.brunot@cadwin.com> writes:
> "Larry Kilgallen" <Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam> a �crit dans le
> message news: 0TDoe8bALz3g@eisner.encompasserve.org...
>>The point is that nobody (including you, it would
>> seem) has a solid business model to achieve that goal.
>>
>> When I say "business model", I mean to include "Nicolas write them all
>> and convinces all Ada compiler vendors to distribute them".  But even that
>> model has trouble at the "convinces all Ada compiler vendors" stage.
> 
> May be I'm not very clear about my point, but I'll try to be some more :
> Ada is one of my current tools.
> I'm an Ada user and an Ada compiler vendor customer.
> 
> I don't have to define, and don't care about defining, the business model of
> Ada solution providers.

But you seem to feel there is a workable business model to achieve
uniformity across all Ada compilers, while the rest of us are less confident.

In the abstract sense, I want world peace, but I am not able to take
my business to another planet.