CFCSEIC News Briefs, W/E Nov. 21, 1997

CFCSEIC News Briefs, W/E Nov. 21, 1997

[CSEIC]

Center for Computer Systems Engineering News Briefs
Week Ending:  November 21, 1997

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FREE GNAT SUPPORT LICENSES
Topic:  Ada

The Ada Joint Program Office (AJPO) has purchased a limited amount of GNAT 
compiler support licenses that AJPO will make available, at no cost, to 
qualifying DOD program managers, developers and trainers for DOD Ada 95 
initiatives.  Submission of a Customer Profile Statement describing the 
Ada 95 initiative and government points of contacts will be used to judge 
acceptance.  Until the level of GNAT maintenance support demand is 
identified, at this time, the AJPO contemplates furnishing support 
licenses for up to 3 programmers per project.  Ada Core Technologies 
requires support licenses for all persons on the project who author or 
modify Ada source code that will be passed through the Ada compiler.

To request a free allocation from the AJPO send the following information 
to Gary Shupe at mailto:shupeg@ncr.disa.mil or U.S. mail at Center For 
Computer Systems Engineering, Code JEXH, Attention: Gary Shupe, 5600 
Columbia Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-2717.

1.  DOD Organization Name and Organization Address.
2.  Administrative Point of Contact with Phone and Fax numbers, and 
    e-mail address.
3.  Technical Point of Contact with Phone and Fax numbers, and e-mail address
    DOD Project Name.
4.  Project Synopsis. 

It is expected the usage of the GNAT support and the successful usage of 
Ada 95 by the DOD Ada 95 initiative will be publicized by the AJPO.

SOURCE: AJPO

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CFCSE-IC UNVEILS ITS NEW YEAR 2000 (Y2K) TEST COORDINATION WEB SITE
Topic:  Y2K

Serving as a DISA/JIEO/CFCSE Information Clearinghouse, the CFCSE-IC 
provides information on DoD organizations performing Year 2000 
coordination and testing of Government Off-The-Shelf (GOTS) and 
Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) software. Resources for DoD organizations 
which sponsor COTS software testing is also available.

The Web site is located at:  http://sw-eng.falls-church.va.us/y2k-testing/

For more information, contact the CFCSE-IC at:

                                  CFCSE-IC
                                  P.O. Box 1866
                                  Falls Church, VA 22041 
                                  DSN: 761-2471
                                  Phone: 1-800-738-7379
                                  703-681-2471
                                  Fax: 703-681-2869
                                  y2k@sw-eng.falls-church.va.us  

SOURCE:  CFCSE-IC

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NEW BOOK ON THE YEAR 2000 SOFTWARE PROBLEM
Topic:  Software Engineering, Y2K

In his new book "The Year 2000 Software Problem:  Quantifying the Costs 
and Assessing the Consequences", Capers Jones offers a framework for the 
effects of the Y2K problem.  The book examines the expected results of 
not achieving Y2K compliance and explains what it will cost to address 
this issue, quantifying the expenses by country, industry, programming 
language, and application.

ISBN:  0-201-30964-5.

SOURCE:  SOURCE: ACM Member Net, November 1997, v40, n11, p. 9. 
http://www.acm.org 

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NEW ADA GUI TOOL
Topic:  Ada

UIM/Ada gives the Ada programmer access to the technology of UIM/X 
to construct pure Ada user interfaces.  UIM/Ada is fully integrated with the
OSF/Motif toolkit.  Define user interface behavior from within UIM/Ada
by selecting from a pre-defined set of callbacks for mapping and unmapping
interfaces, popping-up menus, setting widget resources and other 
functionality.

For more information, contact:  Black & White Software, Inc.       
                                Phone:  (408) 369-7419
                                Fax:    (408) 369-7406
                                Mailto:ike@blackwhite.com       
                                http://www.blackwhite.com
  
Black & White representatives will also be able to answer your questions 
about UIM/Ada at FED OOTS, BOOTH 10, Dec. 8-9, Alexandria, VA.

SOURCE:  Ike Hudson, Black & White Software, Inc.

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