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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,3ccb707f4c91a5f2 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: rkester@csc.com (Rush Kester) Subject: Re: Once again, Ada absent from DoD SBIR solicitation Date: 1996/10/18 Message-ID: <5484g4$1ki@explorer.csc.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 190318261 references: <01bbb57f$7fb59020$72663389@billn.logicon.com> <325E7C2C.7D5A@trw.com> organization: Computer Sciences Corporation newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-10-18T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Matthew M. Lih (matt.lih@trw.com) wrote: : Bill Nielsen wrote: : > Questions: : > Are the conditions that led to the creation of Ada no longer valid or are : > they just as valid today with new languages and variants popping up every : > few months? : > Is it time to overhaul the Ada mandate and face reality? : > Does the Ada mandate conflict with the desire of DoD to use best commercial : > practice? : Depends. I hear different people use the buzzwords "best commercial : practice", but "best" is a relative term, "good" is an absolute. : Does anyone have any examples of a *good* commercial practice they'd : like to share? : : Matthew M. Lih : TRW Enterprise Solutions IMO, the "good" part that DoD is seeking about commercial practices is that the product is developed and maintained with someone elses money. My fear is that the "good" they will get is the "good enough to sell" to nieve consumers, who won't find out about the flaws until after the sale is consumated and who have little or no chance of recovering their money. Rush Kester Sr. Software Engineer W (301) 640-3632 (in person M-F: 9am-5pm EDST, voicemail any time) Fax -4750 or -4940 -- Rush Kester W (301) 640-3632 (in person M-F: 9am-5pm EDST, voicemail any time) Fax -4750 or -4940