Re: A new market in which Ada can play?

[Gary Scott <Gary.L.Scott@lmtas.lmco.com>]

Hi,
I do know that Concurrent has been a big proponent of Ada in the past
through their Real-Time division (which merged with Harris Computers a
few years back).  We used to use their Ada products to build our
real-time avionics models.  Since portions of their VOD systems are
derived from their real-time systems, I assumed (possibly in error) that
they would continue to support and use Ada in that environment.

Marin David Condic wrote:
> 
> Well, they may be in the Video On Demand market, but there wasn't a whole
> lot of mention of Ada on their website. Their job postings indicated one
> software engineer position in Ft. Lauderdale - and they were looking for C.
> 
> Their search engine turned up a product they call MAXAda. I was unable to
> find enough information about targets to determine if it was somehow usable
> for building STB apps. (Price ranges and host platform info might be nice
> too!) Its a hopeful sign that someone out there is building Ada and also
> involved in cable video. I would like to see more about how they might be
> involved in the "Linux for STBs" movement afoot in the industry.
> 
> MDC
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> Marin David Condic
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> 
> "Gary Scott" <Gary.L.Scott@lmtas.lmco.com> wrote in message
> news:3B279E2A.B23C8907@lmtas.lmco.com...
> > Concurrent has been supporting this market for some time with VOD and
> > set-top box products.
> >
> > http://www.ccur.com/vod/index.htm
> >