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: 103376,6bfccba244d92efd X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Chris Morgan Subject: Re: Choose Ada flyer Date: 1998/12/14 Message-ID: <87g1aixo0x.fsf@mihalis.ix.netcom.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 422301899 Sender: cm@mihalis.ix.netcom.com References: <87iufexriq.fsf@mihalis.ix.netcom.com> Organization: Linux Hackers Unlimited X-NETCOM-Date: Mon Dec 14 4:08:50 PM PST 1998 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-12-14T16:08:50-08:00 List-Id: 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 -- Chris Morgan http://www.mihalis.net