BIND

From: Andrew Carroll (andrew_at_carroll-tech.net)
Date: 04/26/04 

Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 23:50:15 -0600
To: <comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org>

Peeps,

Well, I see the Ada BIND project is already met with some
resistance. The only thing I can see that would bring about such
a large resistance to this project is that there is already work
being done on _an_ "Ada BIND" that is not Open Source.

Interesting...

You know, I used to be a big antagonist of what Microsoft
does, like their move in the XML area for their office products.
Calling or writing them all day long and telling them their making
a big mistake doesn't seem to stop them. Come to think of it,
maybe that's why Microsoft does "that" kind of stuff every now
and then. Just to "shake off" those companies that have come
up with a product that is dependent on a Microsoft API or
interface or "something". The product that those companies are
making may actually hurt the bottom line of Microsoft; if they
didn't change things. Is it possible that the Ada BIND project
could hurt someone's bottom line?

Hmmm, I now have to wonder...

I also have to laugh. The Ada BIND project, at this point, is
nothing more than an account on sourceforge. There are no
documents, no designs and no source code. There are a bunch
of RFCs and possibly some C code to dig through. No work
has been done, no evaluation of scope has been done, no
feasibility assessment has been done, no requirements gathered,
no stakeholders identified and no vision document drawn up.
Yet many of you are reacting to the Ada BIND proposal like
we just squashed your sweet little wiener dog with our big Ford
1-ton 4x4 truck. It is such an over reaction that it is funny.

Maybe you should take a deep breath, organize your thoughts
and then present them to us as issues to resolve instead of
issues to kill the project? Maybe you feel left out? Maybe you
feel we stepped on your toes? I don't know what your thinking
and maybe this is an opportunity to voice your concerns in such
a way that will not only get your voice recognized but also help
with the project.

What I am saying is that I'm not convinced that the project
should be killed. Give me some proof and then I might change
my mind. Well, in reality we should continue the discussion on
the project mailing list.

adabind-public@lists.sourceforge.net
https://sourceforge.net/projects/adabind/

P.S.
That's not an invitation to send me emails directly. Please use
the project mailing list.

Andrew Carroll
Carroll-Tech
720-273-6814
andrew@carroll-tech.net