Re: Open Systems closed to Ada?

[seas.gwu.edu!mfeldman@uunet.uu.net (Michael Feldman)]

In article <92346.46129.LJ10891@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM> LJ10891@LMSC5.IS.LM
SC.LOCKHEED.COM writes:
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>   I disagree with the Ada mandate; however, when all is said and done, the Do
D
>is just one software customer.  I doubt there's a large market for Macintosh
>software at IBM.  It hasn't kept Mac programmers from peddling their wares
>elsewhere.  If the DoD chooses to freeze THEIR technology for eleven
>years at a pop, IT'S THEIR CHOICE (and, IMHO, one whose wisdom has yet to be
>established).

I agree entirely with your statement about the Mac. 

The wisdom of the mandate has yet to be established; on the other hand,
nobody has yet established its foolishness either. I have no problem
with DoD mandating Ada. My problem arise when someone in Congress figured
it was a good idea to write it into the law. There's a difference. I
guess it's just another example of us Americans trying to fix with laws
what we've lost the ability to fix with common sense.

Mike
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Michael B. Feldman
co-chair, SIGAda Education Committee

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School of Engineering and Applied Science
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