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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,c23311c4d57b937e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!wn14feed!worldnet.att.net!bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Message-ID: <41538DEF.173B529E@yahoo.com> From: CBFalconer Reply-To: cbfalconer@worldnet.att.net Organization: Ched Research X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Embedded Keynote Speaker Mentions Ada References: <414B6E62.9070402@acm.org> <0hL2d.762$QB1.501@trndny02> <414E2306.6030404@acm.org> <8%q3d.1820$kn2.1441@trndny07> <414EE3A0.9080106@acm.org> <97de285c.0409211234.596b663a@posting.google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 03:21:27 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.76.138.67 X-Complaints-To: abuse@worldnet.att.net X-Trace: bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net 1095996087 12.76.138.67 (Fri, 24 Sep 2004 03:21:27 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 03:21:27 GMT Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:4080 Date: 2004-09-24T03:21:27+00:00 List-Id: Randy Brukardt wrote: > ... snip ... > > The full name of our flagship Ada 95 product is "Janus/Ada 95 > Professional for Microsoft Windows 95/NT", which is unfortunate > these days. That name came about because of a - ahem - > correspondence with Microsoft's attorneys. Essentially, we're > not allowed to use a better name (that is, leaving off the OS > designators), and listing all of the options is just too ... snip ... I would like to hear more about this. What possible justification can MS have for this? -- "It is not a question of staying the course, but of changing the course" - John Kerry, 2004-09-20 "Ask any boat owner the eventual result of continuing the present course indefinitely" - C.B. Falconer, 2004-09-20