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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,a1ce307c10055549 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-12-14 11:03:08 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!wn14feed!wn12feed!wn11feed!worldnet.att.net!207.217.77.102!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!harp.news.atl.earthlink.net!beastie.ix.netcom.com!nobody From: Dennis Lee Bieber Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: IBM Acquires Rational Ada Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 13:55:48 -0800 Organization: >> Leaf-Eating Penguins? << Message-ID: <41ldta.ii3.ln@beastie.ix.netcom.com> References: <3DF1615C.7AAAC86E@adaworks.com> <3DF8D8BF.9020606@cogeco.ca> <3DF978DE.B4C2A2C1@adaworks.com> <3DFA1EFF.5000705@cogeco.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: a5.f7.cf.54 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Server-Date: 13 Dec 2002 22:21:52 GMT User-Agent: KNode/0.6.1 X-noarchive: yes Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:31817 Date: 2002-12-13T22:21:52+00:00 List-Id: Warren W. Gay VE3WWG fed this fish to the penguins on Friday 13 December 2002 09:55 am: > > Perhaps I don't understand the military mindset well, but I would have > thought that the DoD would have had their own needs for databases > and a preference for Ada. Or did they not consider these to be as > mission critical? > In this day and age, the directive to defense contractors leans towards COTS. Evaluate the existing products and buy the one that fits the needs before implementing a proprietary solution. -- > ============================================================== < > wlfraed@ix.netcom.com | Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber KD6MOG < > wulfraed@dm.net | Bestiaria Support Staff < > ============================================================== < > Bestiaria Home Page: http://www.beastie.dm.net/ < > Home Page: http://www.dm.net/~wulfraed/ <