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: 103376,103b407e8b68350b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-01-06 13:04:18 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed-west.nntpserver.com!hub1.meganetnews.com!nntpserver.com!telocity-west!DIRECTV!sn-xit-03!sn-xit-01!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: "Randy Brukardt" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Anybody in US using ADA ? New language competition? (long) Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 14:52:36 -0600 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: References: <3E148004.5000408@cogeco.ca> <3E15CF31.1020900@cogeco.ca> <3E19C980.6060902@cogeco.ca> X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3612.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3719.2500 X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:32642 Date: 2003-01-06T14:52:36-06:00 List-Id: Warren W. Gay VE3WWG wrote in message <3E19C980.6060902@cogeco.ca>... >Well, let's get a group to organize an "Ada Package Distribution". I may >be forced to do it myself, but I would rather spend my free time on >developing Open Sourced Ada applications, if possible. I have already >booked my free time for the next forseeable 6 months. I have even hatched >a name for this distribution, which I would gladly give away to >someone/group that would take on this worthy cause ;-) SigAda is supposedly working on setting up such a thing. Hopefully, they'll succeed, because they are the right sort of organization to do it: independent of the vendors; not a standards body (which would take years) yet they have visibility and clout to get people to pay attention. Randy Brukardt