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=0.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,XPRIO autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,eac8d804189288a7,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-02-10 17:12:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!newscon01.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr16.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Ken Garlington" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Silicon Valley techies suit up Army with sleeker gear X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 64.216.237.49 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr16.news.prodigy.com 1013389869 ST000 64.216.237.49 (Sun, 10 Feb 2002 20:11:09 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 20:11:09 EST Organization: Prodigy Internet http://www.prodigy.com X-UserInfo1: [[OER\_D[JTYRUH]HBHF__TA[X_LPO@FQQ]ZMVMHQAVTUZ]CLNTCPFK[WDXDHV[K^FCGJCJLPF_D_NCC@FUG^Q\DINVAXSLIFXYJSSCCALP@PB@\OS@BITWAH\CQZKJMMD^SJA^NXA\GVLSRBD^M_NW_F[YLVTWIGAXAQBOATKBBQRXECDFDMQ\DZFUE@\JM Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 01:11:09 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:19847 Date: 2002-02-11T01:11:09+00:00 List-Id: (A quick excerpt from a recent USA Today article:) "The early Land Warrior software rarely worked... To troubleshoot, in early 1999 Jette brought in high-tech consultants Exponent, a Silicon Valley firm that studies engineering and structural failures and accidents. The firm felt that Raytheon had followed Army specs for the project too closely. The old prototype had to be trashed and a new computer and radio system built... The Silicon Valley engineers slapped together a crude model in three months. They went to retailers Best Buy and Fry's Electronics and bought several cheap, off-the-shelf products, including Microsoft Windows CE software and a wireless card to allow Land Warrior computers to send data. The most critical technical step: They wrote the software in common programming language used by most software engineers, rather than using old government programming language, as Raytheon had.... Soldiers say the newest Land Warrior is the best version yet... Its Microsoft Windows 2000 software still has bugs but is nearing the project goal of 10 days of use without breaking down." (The full article can be found at:) http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/02/07/tech-military.htm