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: 103376,5faad1722103f6a7 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public Path: controlnews3.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!newsfeed.stueberl.de!teaser.fr!wanadoo.fr!not-for-mail From: Pascal Obry Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: 7E7 Flight Controls Electronics Date: 30 May 2004 09:55:48 +0200 Organization: Home - http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pascal.obry Message-ID: References: <90Stc.15309$be.3117@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net> <40b86431$0$186$edfadb0f@dread11.news.tele.dk> <40B888E0.5040707@noplace.com> <40B8C86A.3050302@noplace.com> <40B8D9DC.9050005@noplace.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: avelizy-103-1-2-89.w217-128.abo.wanadoo.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: news-reader1.wanadoo.fr 1085903750 6140 217.128.15.89 (30 May 2004 07:55:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@wanadoo.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: 30 May 2004 07:55:50 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2.95 Xref: controlnews3.google.com comp.lang.ada:925 Date: 2004-05-30T07:55:50+00:00 List-Id: Marin David Condic writes: > Sure. I know there is Ada in the 7E7 and elsewhere for that matter. Ada is > still in use, but companies are going down other routes. If we want Ada to be > used widely in the future, we have to go out there and get it into projects > ourselves. The best (and probably *only*) way that is going to happen is > because Ada believers are sufficiently convinced of its superior > profitability to be willing to start companies that make something that > utilizes Ada. That's only part of the problem. I think everybody on this group can build something that utilizes Ada... The real problem is to *sell* it. This is the difficult part! On many domains now, if your proposal does not contains the word "Java" (whatever it means) you are out ! Pascal. -- --|------------------------------------------------------ --| Pascal Obry Team-Ada Member --| 45, rue Gabriel Peri - 78114 Magny Les Hameaux FRANCE --|------------------------------------------------------ --| http://www.obry.org --| "The best way to travel is by means of imagination" --| --| gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net --recv-key C1082595