Re: AJPO's Engle announces end of Ada Mandate

[dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)]

Greg says (among much other stuff in his usual style)

"What's so frustrating is that no one is going to punished for this gross
abuse of the taxpayers trust."

The critical word here is "frustrating". Greg is still annoyed that he
failed to succeed in the Ada business, and is frustrated that the perpetrators
of this have not been punished. Since Greg has not been around for a while
it is useful for new readers of the group to understand these dynamics.
Greg is operating at least partly out of spite, and so you have to be
careful to interprete what he writes in this light.

I am posting this message because in the past, Greg has often said that
he will only listen to people who are willing to invest their own money
in the Ada business. Since I qualify under this (rather peculiar) criterion,
it seems reasonable for me to be the one who puts GA's comments in
perspective.

Robert Dewar