Re: Government Policy on Ada Acquisitions

[mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman)]

In article <1994Sep8.131449.15952@ocsystems.com>,
Oliver E. Cole <oec@ocsystems.com> wrote:
>Michael Feldman (mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu ) writes:
>
>   [snip]
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>> 
>> How 'bout if all the Ada companies who are sitting and bitching about
>> the lack of tools, and fighting GNAT at every turn, 
>   
>  [snip]
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>   OCS welcomes the gnat effort and has cooperated with Robert early on,
>giving him the experience of our efforts connecting Ada front ends
>to C backends.  Please do not lump all "Ada companies" together.

I didn't mean to lump all the Ada companies together, just all the ones
that are bitching about GNAT. :-)
>
>   We realize that to survive we need to be better than the competition and
>gnat is part of that competition.  No animosity, no complaining, just
>rededicated to the task of making the best Ada stuff on earth.

Now THAT's what I like to hear! I think our mood would be a lot better if
we heard the same commitment from other vendors, instead of tirades and
veiled threats and accusations of communism, etc.

Mike Feldman
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