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From: davidk@os1.ese.lmsc.lockheed.com (David Kristola)
Subject: Things that go BOOM (was Re: Limitations of Ada)
Date: 1996/07/30
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Date: 1996-07-30T00:00:00+00:00
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Just to set the record straight, i am currently working on a missile program
(hopefully, it will go BOOM when and where it is supposed to).

Ken Garlington wrote:
> Of course, for us LM types that build flight control systems,
> we might prefer:
> 
> "Lockheed Martin, we make things that make _other_ things go BOOM!"

That too.

> Byron Kauffman
> LMTAS - "We Do Falcons Right"

An F-16 can make a nice sonic BOOM.

david kristola
Work: davidk@os1.ese.lmsc.lockheed.com
Play: DJKristola@aol.com

My *revised* suggestion for Lockheed Martin's next slogan:
"Lockheed Martin, we make things that go BOOM!, whoosh, ping, wherrrr, pop, shhhh,
hummm (not necessarily the same thing, or at the same time)."