>Not being familiar with the VB Learning Edition, perhaps you should >share with the group a list of it's content. I haven't actually looked at it in detail for a while - I ended up buying the professional version - so I'm not sure of the content, but it should be pretty easy to find that information from the M$ website. Unfortunately I don't have web access at work (where I'm subscribed to Team-Ada) or I would try to get the info now. As far as I can remember, I think it was just a cut down package with all the frills taken out. As a Learning edition I would have expected it to come with a book or something, but I can't imagine M$ doing that these days! I know (for definite) that the learning edition couldn't produce executables (i.e. it didn't contain the compiler from the professional version), all the programs have to be interpreted - that is the main reason I went for the professional edition. >I think that assembling and organizing material for such a project would be a >worthwhile endeavor for Team Ada. Actually, the BURKS project springs to mind when talking about this, but my suggestion was mainly a single vendor, no support type of thing like you get from M$ rather than anything else. >IMO, the Ada Learning Edition should support multiple platforms >e.g., MS Windows, Linux & Unix and perhaps come with multiple compilers. >If the material won't fit on a single CD it could be tailored to >specific platforms. > >Rush Kester >charter member Team Ada > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] >> Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 6:16 AM >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: Re: The Pocket PC - a platform where Ada *should* have a >> presence >> >> >> >It seems there could have been at least one Ada compiler >> >vendor with Ada compilers for Windows in a shrink-wrap package. >> >> That would be nice! I made enquiries of ACT as to whether >> they marketed a product that was the equivalent of VB Learning >> Edition. Basically I was told they don't do that, and that >> their minimum support contract covers up to 10 people. I don't >> know how much that costs, but I'm pretty sure it would be much >> more than the UKP70.00 or so that VB Learning edition costs. >> >> I seem to remember Aonix did different versions of ObjectAda >> in the same sort of way as M$ did their VB and C++ products, >> i.e Professional and Enterprise editions, and I know they did >> a free Academic version, but did they do a learning edition? >> >> From my point of view, I would be likely to buy an Ada >> compiler for say $100.00r so that provided a CD with Windows >> installer and the equivalent functionality to VB Learning. >> >> Linux is available shrinkwrapped in various forms, why not Ada? >> >> John >> >