Gauntlet gathering rust and dust

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Well, the dust is gathering and the rust is forming on my original
challenge (over 3 weeks old!) to Ada vendors to tell whether they
intend to exhibit at OOPSLA.  I've seen one reply from one vendor
(primarily a _system_ vendor at that) and have seen mention (by Dave?)
of a handful of others.  Now Booch, in _Software_Engineering_with_Ada_
was espousing an object-oriented approach back in the mid-'80's
(and we didn't know he was that old :-).  Have you guys not read
it?  (Or _Software_Components_with_Ada, or _Object_Oriented_Design_
[which used Ada as one of 5 application languages]).

pragma MODE (SARCASM, 0.5);

Or do you just think your products can't make it in the real world?
Or are you trying to keep Ada secret?

pragma MODE (SARCASM, 0.0);

Am I missing something?

Jim Crigler
Martin Marietta isn't very interested in my opinions.