Re: INFO-ADA DIGEST V93 #

Re: INFO-ADA DIGEST V93 #

[Gregory Aharonian]

>>GA. Why doesn't MITRE apply for a contract to learn about CDROMs, and then
>>  . go instruct ASSET, DSRO, VCOE and all the others on this technology?
>>  . Every other agency in the government is doing it.  Why can't the amply
>>  . funded DoD take advantage of CDROMs.  Rant about that, not about me.

>From: Mikey <michael.hagerty@nitelog.com>
>From my recent interaction with Rick Conn at MITRE, it appears that he 
>knows quite a lot about CD-ROMs.  As a result, the latest version of the
>Meridian and Alsys AdaSAGE libraries made it to the SIMTEL20 (now PAL)
>CD-ROM due out next month...  I believe that the Verdix version will be
>on the next CD-ROM.

I applaud what Rick is doing (though he is not at MITRE).  My point, 
which you failed to address, was that three DoD funded efforts, ASSET,
VCOE, DSRO, with our tax dollars have shown absolutely no initiative in
using modern information dessemination techniques (USENET, CDROMs, 
newsletters, directories, ...) to get their Ada codes out into the public.

When Rick Conn's volunteering efforts are orders more effective in having
reusable Ada codes desseminated than three DoD funded efforts, these DoD
efforts should be shut down for incompetence, and their overseer hauled
before Congress and made to explain what such waste was tolerated.

Like I said, fire these others and give the money to Rick if you want to
support successful public reuse of Ada codes, or give the money to me if
you want to support successful private reuse of Ada codes, but don't give
it to people who in two years have down squat.

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