From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,TO_NO_BRKTS_FROM_MSSP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,cd9e5d2534af13d4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-02-13 07:20:27 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!xmission!news-out.spamkiller.net!propagator2-maxim!news-in.spamkiller.net!newsfeed.sjc.globix.net!cyclone-sf.pbi.net!151.164.30.35!cyclone.swbell.net!bos-service1.ext.raytheon.com!dfw-service2.ext.raytheon.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3E4BB7BA.22002699@raytheon.com> From: Jerry Petrey <"jdpetrey"@raytheon.com> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en]C-CCK-MCD CSC;Raytheon (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Great opportunity for Ada application References: <3E4A7FDB.3C96D63A@raytheon.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 08:20:26 -0700 NNTP-Posting-Host: 147.24.93.55 X-Complaints-To: news@ext.ray.com X-Trace: dfw-service2.ext.raytheon.com 1045149626 147.24.93.55 (Thu, 13 Feb 2003 09:20:26 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 09:20:26 CST Organization: Raytheon Company Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:34054 Date: 2003-02-13T08:20:26-07:00 List-Id: 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 -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Jerry Petrey -- Senior Principal Systems Engineer - Navigation (GPS/INS), Guidance, & Control -- Raytheon Missile Systems - Member Team Ada & Team Forth -- NOTE: please remove in email address to reply ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------