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=2.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FROM_WORDY, NORMAL_HTTP_TO_IP,NUMERIC_HTTP_ADDR,PP_MIME_FAKE_ASCII_TEXT,XPRIO autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,e6d1607a5397de6b,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-10-30 08:04:08 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-01!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!cyclone-sjo1.usenetserver.com!news-out.usenetserver.com!nntp.flash.net!news.flash.net!not-for-mail From: "Ken Garlington" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Is the Ada World Embarrassed by the Defense Industry? X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 16:04:05 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.215.83.127 X-Complaints-To: abuse@flash.net X-Trace: news.flash.net 972921845 216.215.83.127 (Mon, 30 Oct 2000 10:04:05 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 10:04:05 CST Organization: FlashNet Communications, http://www.flash.net Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:1633 Date: 2000-10-30T16:04:05+00:00 List-Id: While looking at the SIGAda 2000 web site, I notice that the role of Ada in defense applications is minimized (even after the explicit requirements in this area were dropped). For example, the list of "recent" successful Ada-based systems includes only commercial projects, some five years old, although one of the most recent Ada success stories occurred just a few days ago (October 24). I also notice that an interview last year with Tucker Taft included the statement "These days we�re focused mostly on commercial success stories..." I can understand wanting to promote commercial applications, but isn't this going a little overboard? http://www.acm.org/sigs/sigada/conf/sigada2000/ http://206.144.247.86/vol18_no18/interview/118-1.html http://www.lmaeronautics.com/news/press/jsf/jsf_1stflight.html