Re: DOD-STD-2167a

[cwarack@kirk.usafa.af.mil (Chris Warack <sys mgr>)]

In the AF anyway, the word is that 498 is good for the next two years at
which time a commercial standard must be used (read as 498 packaged as
a commercial standard).  This was justified by the dearth of commercial
standards adequate in that area.

In article <3g17bj$m13@michp1.redstone.army.mil>, helliott@losat.redstone.army.mil (Doc Elliott) writes:
|> In article <3g0i9d$6hj@cliffy.lfwc.lockheed.com>, 
|> l107353@cliffy.lfwc.lockheed.com says...
|> >
|> 
|> deletia
|> 
|> >Beware! There is not an _official_ replacement for any of these 
|> >standards, yet!  MIL-STD-SDD was _intended_ to replace these, but was 
|> >sidetracked by the Perry memo. There is now an effort to make 
|> >MIL-STD-SDD a commercial standard, at which time it _may_ replace the 
|> >current standards.
|> >
|> >: -- David O'Brien      (dobrien@seas.gwu.edu)
|> >
|> >--------------------------------------------------------------------
|> >Ken Garlington                  GarlingtonKE@lfwc.lockheed.com
|> 
|> The following was copied off the front of the document referenced.  Have 
|> we been had by a hoax?  Does anyone have a definitive answer?
|> 
|>                              NOT MEASUREMENT
|>                                 SENSITIVE
|>                                     
|>                                     
|>                                 MIL-STD-498
|>                               5 December 1994
|>                              _________________
|>                                                                 
|> Superseding                                                              
|> DOD-STD-2167A
|> 29 February 1988
|>                                                               
|> DOD-STD-7935A
|> 31 October 1988
|>                                                            
|> DOD-STD-1703(NS)
|> 12 February 1987
|> 
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-- 
Christopher A. Warack, Capt, USAF
Computer Science Department, US Air Force Academy

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