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: 103376,66f3a59581189705 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-09-15 11:19:52 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!udel!MathWorks.Com!news.kei.com!news.byu.edu!news.mtholyoke.edu!world!srctran From: srctran@world.std.com (Gregory Aharonian) Subject: Re: Calling DoD In-Reply-To: Ken Garlington's message of Wed, 14 Sep 1994 22:26:41 EDT Message-ID: Sender: srctran@world.std.com (Gregory Aharonian) Organization: The World References: <940915022641_73672.2025_DHR44-1@CompuServe.COM> Date: Thu, 15 Sep 1994 14:13:06 GMT Date: 1994-09-15T14:13:06+00:00 List-Id: >This doesn't sound like the kind of phone call that will generate meaningful >data in a couple of months... Fine, then put forth another set of questions to be asked. In fact, put forth another measure of Ada success (for example, how many people in the DoD can spell "Ada", anything), but for too, too, too long Ada policies have been set and funded without measuring anything. There is no way to assess the success or failure of anything involving Ada inside the DoD because no one is measuring anything in a systematic way. I have been posting measures I feel are important, and everyone shoots them down. Fine, someone else propose something and lets measure it (are there must exist one meaningful, measurable number we can calculate - after all the STARS programs has been making endless similar claims for years though no one actually measures over there either). But if the proposed DualUse plan can mention goals like increasing something 11%, a pretty specific figure, then obviously DISA believes something can be measured, though they have no provisions to measure anything either. Greg Aharonian