Re: Marketing Ada

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

In article <C3LrA2.7zB@world.std.com> tne@world.std.com (Thomas N Erickson) writes:

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>Don't count Alsys in the above.  We are positive about the future of Ada
>outside of defense and are doing things about it.  The efforts are
>extremely targetted at this time, but next year (94) should see a much
>broader emphasis.  
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Ummm - excuse me for being skeptical, Tom. I've been around Ada for 10
years (actually more, but let's start from 1815A's adoption). What I've
heard EVERY year from all the vendors I've spoken to (and that's most
of the ones whose names we'd all recognize) is "well, that's great but
we really don't have the budget to do that big marketing push just now,
so you'll have to wait till next year." After 10 "next year's", I'm still
waiting for the magical next year. Somehow I don't think it would be
prudent for me to hold my breath...

Reminds me of a song I used to hear on the radio as a kid:

"Manana, manana, manana is soon enough for me." (Sorry, I couldn't
put tildes on the first n's - it's Spanish for "tomorrow", right?)

'Nuff said.

Mike Feldman
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