From: Chris Morgan <mihalis@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Choose Ada flyer
Date: 1998/12/14
Date: 1998-12-14T16:08:50-08:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87g1aixo0x.fsf@mihalis.ix.netcom.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: F3zA2A.FAq.0.-s@inmet.camb.inmet.com
stt@houdini.camb.inmet.com (Tucker Taft) writes:
> Good point. However, these days, even defense organizations
> are more interested in what commercial users are doing than what
> other defense organizations are doing. Furthermore, with defense
> uses, most readers will be suspicious that the organization didn't
> "choose" Ada, but rather was forced to use it due to some kind
> of mandate (even in countries where there is no mandate). Given
> our "Choose Ada" theme, we wanted to focus on uses where clearly
> Ada was a language of choice, not a language of mandate.
I agree with this _focus_ wholeheartedly, but focussing on the desired
new target area (people in other industries who chose Ada) does not
require omitting even a single mention of defence, but I guess I've
made my point.
Chris
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Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-12-14 0:00 Choose Ada flyer Tucker Taft
1998-12-14 0:00 ` Chris Morgan
1998-12-14 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1998-12-14 0:00 ` Chris Morgan [this message]
1998-12-14 0:00 ` Paul Whittington
1998-12-15 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1998-12-14 0:00 ` Paul Whittington
1998-12-16 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1998-12-15 0:00 ` Bob Munck
1998-12-15 0:00 ` Rapid Ada (was Re: Choose Ada flyer) David Botton
1998-12-15 0:00 ` Choose Ada flyer Lowe Anthony A
1998-12-17 0:00 ` Brian Bell
1999-01-18 0:00 ` news.oxy.com
1999-01-19 0:00 ` Jerry van Dijk
1999-01-20 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-01-21 0:00 ` Jerry van Dijk
1999-01-21 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-01-20 0:00 ` Choose Ada flyer (and future of ADA) news.oxy.com
1999-01-21 0:00 ` Jerry van Dijk
[not found] ` <01be47f7$a9740600$0a18b70a@DBHP>
1999-01-28 0:00 ` news.oxy.com
1998-12-15 0:00 ` Choose Ada flyer Tom Moran
1998-12-15 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1998-12-15 0:00 ` Dirk Craeynest
1998-12-15 0:00 ` Tom Moran
[not found] <36771d4c.2157661@news.geccs.gecm.com>
1998-12-15 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1998-12-16 0:00 ` Magnus Kempe
1998-12-16 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
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