Re: ADA Popularity Discussion Request

From: Robert C. Leif (rleif_at_rleif.com)
Date: 08/26/04 

Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 19:08:54 -0700
To: "Comp. Lang. Ada" <comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org>

         The real reason for Ada's perceived and probably real lack of
popularity is the lack of sales and marketing effort or resources. For
instance, the Real-Time & Embedded Computing Conferences will be in many
cities including San Diego. How many companies are selling Ada or SPARK?
Is anyone providing a seminar on Ravenscar or embedded systems in Ada?
            How many Ada companies have exhibited at these meetings this
year?
            Green Hills exhibits. However, I have never seen them say
anything other than they have Ada. I am usually the one who asks. I might
add that the Ada companies still do not have compilers for Windows CE or XP
embedded. A commercially supported complete version of A# would be perfect
for these operating systems.
            Bob Leif
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