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From: Richard Riehle <richard@adaworks.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: non military license for ada
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 21:15:23 -0800
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sk wrote:

>  > The leader of the free world are _not_ the defense
>  > industry; they are the politicians.
>
> The trouble is, these politicians are beholden to
> specialized interests ... tobacco, arms etc.

Exactly.  You have just identified one of the reasons why
the DoD has de-escalated its support for Ada.   Never
underestimate the power of lobbyists, even lobbyists in
the software development sector.

Richard Riehle