Re: The actual quote from the Post AAS article

[mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman)]

In article <EACHUS.93Mar11163046@goldfinger.mitre.org> eachus@goldfinger.mitre.org (Robert I. Eachus) writes:
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>  Incidently, if Ted Holden doesn't want to trust transportation
>systems written in Ada, his transportation options will soon be
>limited to automobiles.  Ada is also beginning to dominate software
>for rail and ship traffic control systems.
>
An article in today's Washington Times (the Moonie paper) described in some
detail the new highway traffic control system in Montgomery County, MD.
It includes TV cameras over the freeways, computer-generated maps, central 
reprogramming of traffic signals, etc. It also mentioned that there are
plans to integrate GPS (global-positioning satellite) tracking of
police and fire vehicles, towtrucks, county transit buses, etc.

The article specifically mentioned Fairchild as the contractor, and
stated that the technology is adapted from military stuff used in
Desert Storm. They showed some PC-looking screens with pretty
county roadmaps in them, in the control room in Rockville.

First comment: this is a neat dual-use technology.

Second comment: it would be nice to know if Ada were in this project.

Anybody happen to know?

Mike Feldman
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