From: kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen)
Subject: Re: (unverified) Ada mandate cancelled (Greg A would be proud)
Date: 1997/03/09
Date: 1997-03-09T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1997Mar9.134513.1@eisner> (raw)
In-Reply-To: dewar.857914773@merv
In article <dewar.857914773@merv>, dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) writes:
> The hardware vendors, with some notable exceptions, are not supporting
> Ada 95 to the extent that they supported Ada 83. This reflects their
> belief that the DoD is not really serious in preferring Ada. Even a
> few instances of large hardware orders being even partially decided
> by the level of Ada support would have a salutory effect!
Another factor regarding hardware vendors is the presence of independent
Ada software vendors specializing in sales into the military sector. If
a vendor offered their own Ada compiler they might find that independent
Ada software vendors where recommending to government accounts everybody
else's hardware. This is a "lesson learned" from the Ada 83 days.
Larry Kilgallen
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Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-03-07 0:00 (unverified) Ada mandate cancelled (Greg A would be proud) Sam Harbaugh, Palm Bay, Florida
1997-03-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-03-08 0:00 ` Dave Wood
1997-03-09 0:00 ` Robert S. White
1997-03-09 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1997-03-09 0:00 ` Dave Wood
1997-03-10 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
1997-03-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-03-09 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen [this message]
1997-03-10 0:00 ` Jeff Carter
1997-03-13 0:00 ` Pat Rogers
1997-03-10 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-03-10 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-03-10 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-03-10 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-03-11 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-03-12 0:00 ` David Emery
1997-03-13 0:00 ` Steven D.Litvintchouk
1997-03-19 0:00 ` David Emery
1997-03-19 0:00 ` David Taylor
1997-03-13 0:00 ` Charles H. Sampson
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