SEIC News Briefs, W/E June 6, 1997

SEIC News Briefs, W/E June 6, 1997

[SEIC]

Software Engineering New Briefs

Week Ending June 6, 1997


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THREE UNIX VENDORS EXPECT COE CERTIFICATION
Topic: COE

Three vendors, Digital Equipment Corporation, IBM Corporation, and 
Silicon Graphics, expect to receive DISA's Common Operating Environment 
(COE) certification for their UNIX products by the end of June. The COE 
certification will be for Digital's Unix 4.0, IBM AIX 4.1.4, and Silicon 
Graphics Irix 6.2 and related products.  

SOURCE: Government Computer News, May 26, 1997, v16, n13, p.8

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KELLEY NOMINATED FOR DISA DIRECTOR
Topic: Ada, DII, COE

Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen has nominated Army Maj. Gen. David J. 
Kelley as the new Director of the Defense Information Systems Agency 
(DISA).  Maj. Gen. Kelly, who must be confirmed by Congress, will replace 
retiring LT. Gen. Albert Edmonds.  Maj. Gen. Kelley is currently 
DISA's vice director.

SOURCE: Federal Computer Week, June 2, 1997, v11, n14, p.3.

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NEW ADA 95 VALIDATED COMPILERS
Topic: Ada

The Ada Joint Program Office announced two new Ada 95 validated compilers:

1) Company:  Aonix
   Compiler:  ObjectAda for Unix for SPARC/Solaris, Version 7.1
   Host:  Sun SPARCstation and SPARCserver all models, Sun UltraStation and
UltraServer all models (under Solaris 2.5)
   Target: Any host

2) Company: Aonix
   Compiler:  ObjectAda for Unix for HP-PA RISC/HP-UX, Version 7.1
   Host:      HP 9000 Series 700, B-Class, C-Class, and J-Class, all Models
(under HP-UX 10.10 and HP-UX 10.20)
   Target:   Any host

For more information regarding these registered derived compilers, contact
the vendors at the following addresses:

Aonix
5040 Shoreham Place
San Diego, CA 92122
POC: Marianne Worley (619) 457-2700, ext 244
E-Mail: adainfo@aonix.com

The total number of Ada 95 validated compilers that are available to the
Ada development community now stands at 58.  As always, the AdaIC maintains
a list of all validated Ada compilers available at:
<http://sw-eng.falls-church.va.us/AdaIC/compilers>


SOURCE:  Ada Joint Program Office (AJPO)


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