Re: Great opportunity for Ada application

[Jerry Petrey <"jdpetrey<NOSPAM>"@raytheon.com>]

Marin David Condic wrote:

> Small companies don't generally have the resources to dedicate to something
> like this. It would take some non-trivial dedication of personnel and
> capital equipment just in order to play the game and those folks aren't
> going to be generating revenue. A company like GM could possibly throw a few
> million at some engineers and let them play games with the hope of possibly
> developing some useful new technology & getting a little good press, but
> "Bob's Control Computers" would have a hard time going that route. Are there
> any larger-scale automotive companies using Ada?
>
> MDC
> --
>

That's true Marin; however I know of one robotics club in Michigan that is
planning
an entry (probably not in Ada, however). You are allowed to have sponsors and
display their logos so it could be good publicity.  For what Nike spends on one
Super Bowl ad would do very nicely -  I can see it now : "Ada - Just Do It!".

Jerry
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