From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_40 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Date: 23 May 93 22:10:45 GMT From: cis.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus. acs.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!agate!overload.lbl.gov!lll-winken.llnl.g ov!taurus.cs.nps.navy.mil!spear@ucbvax (Jon Spear) Subject: Re: ASR FAQ Message-ID: List-Id: In article srctran@world.std.com (Gregory Aharonian) writes: >>3. Who is paying for the ASR and its sites? >> >>The ASR is currently a voluntary activity without funding. Disk space >>is provided on SIMTEL20 on a space-available basis and is subject to >>going away without warning if the need arises. > > Once again, why in a climate where the DoD is funding three software >reuse centers, is space for the ASR provided on an as available basis, >and its organizer a volunteer. > > I would be interesting to measure use of SIMTEL Ada repository versus >the DoD taxpayer funded efforts to measure productivity. But SIMTEL _is_ (at least for the hardware and network access) DoD / taxpayer funded. >>From the FAQ: }The ASR is one of several repositories located on the SIMTEL20 DDN }host computer at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. SIMTEL20 }is owned and operated by the Computer Operations Division of the }Information Systems Command of the U.S. Army (USAISC). While the Army apparently doesn't make the ASR a very high priority, it is important enough that they have made the Ada and and other archives freely and reliably available for over a decade. They are saying that if their mission or budget dictates, that could change. But that is true of _any_ government-sponsored program. -- |Jon L. Spear (spear@cs.nps.navy.mil) : A man's reach should exceed his | |Dept of Comp Sci, Code CS/Sj, x2830 : grasp, or what's a metaphor? |