From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_50 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Date: 21 Jun 93 16:20:29 GMT From: mdisea!mothost!schbbs!tigger!tannen@uunet.uu.net (David Tannen) Subject: Recent article in UniNews Message-ID: <1993Jun21.162029.26678@schbbs.mot.com> List-Id: I just read an interesting article in the latest edition of UniNews. UniNews is a biweekly newsletter put out by UniForum. As you can guess this is not an organization that usually even knows how to spell Ada. Here are some excerpts: "Unix Dominates New Air Traffic Control Systems" ... "The French company Thomson-CSF has sold more than 200 air traffic control centers to 140 countries, including a contract for seven new control centers with Mexico, announced in March, and a turnkey system to be installed at the new King Fahd International Airport near Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, announced in January." ... "Other key open systems elements of Thomson's Eurocat system are the X Window System for graphic interface, TCP/IP protocal for interprocessor communication through redundant local area networks, and the Ada language for application software. Ada, which was developed as a standard language for U.S. defense systems, is making inroads into non-defensive areas because of its inherent modularity and reusability, as well as its government backing." "Some 5,000 controller positions have been installed by Thomson in countries including Demark, Singapore, Greece, Russia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Lithuania, Saudia Arabia and Mexico."... "FAA calls its project the Advanced Automation Systems (AAS). Although AAS will use custom software - some three million lines of Ada code contributed by IBM and several subcontractors, IBM spokesperson Bill Prater insists the system will be 'as open as we can be.' Products and services from 60 subcontractors are going into the system. For example, AAS employs an Ada compiler supplied by The Alsys Group, San Diego, a subsidiary of Thomson-CSF." .... Please note that UniForum is not a place where Ada shows up that often (if at all) in an article. I found this interesting and hope the rest of you will also. Thanks David Tannen tannend@source.asset.com tannen@tigger.geg.mot.com