Re: SBIRS, Ada and Ignorance

In <1135290419.885448.129100@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Gene wrote:
> Please don't tar the Air Force. E.g. some of the strongest Ada
> proponents in the world work and the US Air Force Academy. They are
> the authors of AdaGIDE the .NET port, and other excellent work. Many,
> many Air Force personnel are smart on Ada. I'm sure they'd be
> appalled by the above.

I don't believe it will have any effect but when I wrote the Secretary I
suggested that the AF Academy's experts conduct an investigation of why
the software was a failure. I'm sure it is outside the role of the
Academy and my letter will be lost in a sea of assitants but I do know
that the Academy is warm on Ada.


.

Relevant Pages