Re: SIGada Conference

[Marin David Condic <nobody@noplace.com>]

That can easily be misleading. Its possible that some companies are 
growing by getting a larger share of a shrinking pie. As some companies 
abandon Ada as a business venture, others pick up whatever share they 
may have had and show signs of "Growth" - but it doesn't imply Ada is 
necessarily doing well.

I'd like to see Ada get somewhere, but there needs to be a better metric 
than the business growth of some few companies. Jobs in Ada, new project 
starts in Ada, classes taught in Ada, etc. Any of those would be a beter 
metric - unless you could get total revenues for all companies doing Ada 
business (and even that would miss use of Ada in internal work by big 
companies like Boeing, Lockheed, etc.) In any event, its tough to get 
those metrics so we're still left with perceptions and best guesses. My 
perception is that Ada has been in general on the decline and had better 
do something to excite the world if it wants to be around with any real 
strength in another ten years.

MDC


Stephen Leake wrote:
> 
> The most interesting thing was that there are several companies making
> money using Ada, and they are all growing :).
> 



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