Re: Who uses Ada??

[sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!usc!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!eff!world!tne@ames.arc.na sa.gov (Thomas N Erickson)]

cs13517@athena.ecs.csus.edu writes:


>	I am a DOD civillian engineer who is obviously affected by the
>Ada mandate.  I was having a conversation with a co-worker and we came
>up with a question.  Who (companies, and individuals, and schools) use
>Ada AND, are not associated with the US federal government or government
>contracting.  In other words, who uses Ada because they want to, not
>because they were told to?


As an Ada vendor, I can list some of the non-mandated organizations using
Ada.  This list is very extensive, though, and any attempt I make would be
incomplete.  A more thorough list can be obtained from AJPO (the Ada Joint
Program Office) via the AJPO host (ajpo.sei.cmu.edu) or the Ada
Information Clearinghouse BBS (713)614-0215.

Some of the organizations (off the top of my head):

Wells Fargo Bank
Bell Northern Research
Nippon Telephone & Telegraph
Boeing
NASA
SNCF (the French Railroad)
Genesis Software (a software house who develops imaging systems)
Silicon Graphics
Nobeltech (Sweden)


and many others ...

The applications are principally focused on benefitting from Ada's re-use and
reliability advantages.



Tom Erickson

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