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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,fb8fe3b771229016,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-11-21 06:11:30 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Path: nntp.gmd.de!xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uunet!world!srctran From: srctran@world.std.com (Gregory Aharonian) Subject: DoD brass ignores Ada promotional opportunity Message-ID: Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA Date: Mon, 21 Nov 1994 13:40:44 GMT Date: 1994-11-21T13:40:44+00:00 List-Id: Once again. ADA IS EASY TO SPELL, EASY TO TYPE, EASY TO SAY, EASY TO USE. Why is it then that DoD types find it soooo hard to use the word, except when they are forced to at porkpoint? Case in point. On December 13 and 14, the American Defense Preparedness Assocation is holding the: Corporate Information Management and Enterprise Integration Symposium at the Hyatt Regency Reston. "CIM has been identified as a key factor in unifying tactical and administrative systems that underpin DoD operations. The DoD points out the information revolution is giving the "warfighting commander an integrated picture of battlespace, so he can control the pace and outcome of battle. It gives the manager critical insight into current performance and best practice so processes can be eliminated, improved and reengineered. It creates a new, more responsive and cost-effective relationship between the DoD and industry through the application of enabling technologies". Sounds like a perfect symposium to prominently mention Ada's role in CIM and EI, especially as some of the great lovers of Ada are speakers. I mean love of Ada shouldn't be restricted to expression just at Tri-Ada and STSC, it should be everywhere in the DoD. Let's see confirmation of this consistency of love by looking at the agenda: Dec 13 8:45- 9:45 Keynote Presentation: Vision for CIM and EI Emmett Paige, Ass.Sec.Def. 9:45-10:15 CIM Strategic Plan Cynthia Kendall, Dep.Ass.Sec.Def 10:45-11:15 Overall Assessment of CIM-EI: Top-Down View of Out Progress in Achieving Goals Albert Edmonds, Director DISA 11:15-11:35 Enterprise Integration: Steps in Implementing Our Goals Michael Mestrovich, Dep.Director DISA 11:35-12:00 CIM-Systems Engineering for Migration Systems John Gauss, Dep. Director DISA Luncheon Seminar Noel Longuemare, Dep.Under.Sec.Def. 1:30- 3:30 Panel: DoD Functional Leaders Report Achievements in Business Process Re-Engineering, Migration Selection and Data Standardization Logistics: James Klugh, Dep.Under.Sec.Def - Logistics Financial: John Hamre, Under.Sec.Def - Comptroller Health: Steven Jospeh, Ass.Sec.Def - Health Affairs Personnel: Edwin Dorn, Under.Sec.Def - Personnel 3:30- 5:30 Selected Leads Services Report Status of Implementations of Migration Selected Functions ARMY: MG Otto Guenther, Dir.Info.Sys.C4 NAVY: VADM Walter Davis, Dir.Warfare Systems Arch. AF: LTG Carl O'Berry, Dep. Chief of Staff, C4 MARINE: MG Paul Van Riper, Ass. Chief of Staff, C4I Dec 14 9:15-10:30 DoD Policy, Technical Standards and Joint Interoperability Initiatives Panel: DoD Software Initiatives - John Burt, Dir. TSEE-OUSD Software Center for Excellence and Data Administration Belkis Leong-Hong, Dep.Com JIEO-DISA Communication & Hardware Technology - BG Frederick Essig Security - Barbara Valeri - Dir.Info.Sys.Sec C3I - OSD 11:00-12:00 Industry Implementation/Lessons Learned Panel: Parallel in Enterprise Integration forced on industry by world class competition: CIM, TQE, CIE. Boeing - Peter Dube Martin Marietta - Joseph Cleveland GTE - Francis Gicca EDS - S.J. Hyduk Luncheon Seminar Paul Strassman - Former CIM Director - Ernest & Young 2:30- 4:30 Congressional Panel: Perspective, Concerns, Viability Joseph Kimmitt - Sen. Subcom. on Defense Appropriation Stephen Rossetti - House Armed Services Committee Charles Wheeler - Government Operations Committee 4:00- 4:30 Wrap-up: Results / Successes vs Expectations/ Goals Cynthia Rand - Dir. for Information Mgmt - OSD ==================== ONCE AGAIN, WHERE THE HELL IS ADA?????? If Ada is soooooo important to DoD operations that we need the federal law of the Ada Mandate, then why can't all these bigwigs make sure that Ada gets prominence in symposiums like this? I am sure all of the DISA types must have seen a preliminary agenda ahead of time - didn't it occur to any of them to say "gee, how about giving Ada a little prominence in the symposium if you want us to all show up?". Is there no coordination of Ada policy going on? Why isn't there at least one session with Ada in the title, like "The role of Ada in successful CIM & EI"? I mean if everything new has to be done in Ada, and CIM & EI are new, then such a session should be given. Sure many of the topics here deal with computer concerns above the level of programming, and sure some of these people actually might mention Ada in their talks (maybe Burt & Leong-Hong), but too many of these people have pledged their hearts and souls to Ada for them not to demand that part of this forum be used for pressing the case for Ada, with Ada prominently mentioned in the agenda. Ada, Ada, Ada, Ada. Is that so hard to say? If the DoD is going to continue with the national security threat of the Ada Mandate (i.e. anything that engenders hypocrisy is a threat), then the DoD better start doing it more consistently, by both word and actions. Every DoD software related forum (especially those run by ARPA) should have Ada in the title of at least one session, if not all - anything less sends out the SIGNAL that the DoD just isn't serious about Ada. And Paul Strassman should be banned from any DoD software forum. Rarely, if at all, since he has left the Pentagon, has he mentioned Ada in the many articles and interviews he gives (much like IBM, now that they are no longer troughing for Ada dollars). I am tired of all of these DoD types who love Ada while in the Mandated world, and then instantly forget about Ada the minute they switch to the real world. Strassman is probably the one on the Army Science Board supporting Army attempts to create object oriented programming languages (which with Ada9X seems a waste of Army money, but maybe they are jealous of the Air Force's non-Ada KBSA waste). I hope someone from TeamAda can afford to go to this symposium and make a count of mentions of "Ada" in each person's speech. Greg Aharonian