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: 103376,92c39a3be0a7f17d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-19 21:00:37 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!wn4feed!wn1feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi.com!rwcrnsc52.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Steve Doiel" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: Subject: Re: Portable GUI (was Re: Future with Ada) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: BeeU7-120799-Ah-562589@rwcrnsc52 X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com X-Trace: rwcrnsc52 1008824437 BeeU7-120799-Ah-562589@rwcrnsc52 (Thu, 20 Dec 2001 05:00:37 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 05:00:37 GMT Organization: AT&T Broadband Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 05:00:37 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:18133 Date: 2001-12-20T05:00:37+00:00 List-Id: If you really want it to sell as an Ada environment. #1 Make the GUI Windows only. #2 Make the only productive development environment Ada 95. #3 Create the "perception" that the Ada 95 development enviroment is more friendly than the others (it doesn't really have to be). #4 Spark some hype (I don't know how this is effectively done, if I did I'd be rich). It worked for Micro$oft. ;-) "Robert C. Leif, Ph.D." wrote in message news:mailman.1008747421.26661.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org... > From: Bob Leif > To: Mark Lundquist > If you base the entire GUI on the parts of XML that use XML syntax, you > probably would have a chance at becoming very rich. It would employ the hot > buzz word, XML, and be backed by solid technology, Ada. > > One of the major reasons for Microsoft's success is the technical > incompetence of its competitors. First they were dumb enough to try to beat > Microsoft by employing Microsoft's own products; and after that, they > adopted Java as a panacea. > > Reliability and simplicity are really major selling points. We should have > both of them by combining XML with Ada. Ada has a very great advantage for > commercial development in that a tool based on ASIS could be used to divide > up the royalties. If anyone is serious about making Ada number one and > attempting to make money doing it, we can take this discussion off-line. >