SIGADA data shows Ada industry is quickly dying

SIGADA data shows Ada industry is quickly dying

[Gregory Aharonian]

   Hey, if you don't believe my statistics, how about these.  The only
magazine for Ada available today is the ADA Letters published by the
ACM.  The ACM allows institutional sponsorship of the magazine, which
is typically done by two types - people trying to get into the Ada
business looking to build up some goodwill, or Ada contractors around
the time of a major contract or movement into Ada.  ADA Letters sponsporship
helps build up goodwill.  What do the following numbers mean then?

	ADA Letters Institutional Sponsors
		Year		Number

		1984		  28
		1985		  29
		1986		  34
		1987		  43        (counts from January issues)
		1988		  55
		1989		  67
		1990		  71
		1991		  72
		1992		  42
		1993		  33

   Mergers aside, this is one of the few true honest measures of Mandated
world attitudes, as the fees for institutional sponsoring come out of
overhead and profits - i.e. is their own money that they are spending.
And it does seem that companies are quickly losing interest in supporting
Ada.  As an insider trading indicator, Wall Street says  "GO SHORT ADA".
One more indicator that the Ada Mandate has so disrupted the markets that
the industry is being wrecked through its sheltering.  Not the wisest way
to base national security.


Greg
-- 
**************************************************************************
 Greg Aharonian
 Source Translation & Optimization
 P.O. Box 404, Belmont, MA 02178