Re: Hey, blame the private sector!

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

In article <1993May24.195810.796@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com> shanks@saifr00.cf
sat.honeywell.com (Mark Shanks) writes:
>
>If Ada/language isn't THE problem with DoD software development, I can't
>help but to think it's a component of the problem. And I don't think 
>that Greg (or most of the posters here) think that Ada qua Ada is 
>A Problem, but that the DoD's handling of it IS, and your paraphrasing
>of Mr. Strassman's responses sounds as though he would rather talk 
>about anything BUT Ada and the DoD.
>
Well, since he's not in the DoD any more (he left with the change of
administration), I guess it's moot now, isn't it? Who has replaced him
at DoD? And what's Strassmann doing now? Did he go back to Xerox?

Mike Feldman
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