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- From: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman)
- Subject: Re: Open Systems closed to Ada?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec12.044529.2550@seas.gwu.edu>
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- Organization: George Washington University
- References: <92346.46129.LJ10891@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM>
- Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 04:45:29 GMT
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- In article <92346.46129.LJ10891@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM> LJ10891@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM writes:
- >
- > I disagree with the Ada mandate; however, when all is said and done, the DoD
- >is just one software customer. I doubt there's a large market for Macintosh
- >software at IBM. It hasn't kept Mac programmers from peddling their wares
- >elsewhere. If the DoD chooses to freeze THEIR technology for eleven
- >years at a pop, IT'S THEIR CHOICE (and, IMHO, one whose wisdom has yet to be
- >established).
-
- I agree entirely with your statement about the Mac.
-
- The wisdom of the mandate has yet to be established; on the other hand,
- nobody has yet established its foolishness either. I have no problem
- with DoD mandating Ada. My problem arise when someone in Congress figured
- it was a good idea to write it into the law. There's a difference. I
- guess it's just another example of us Americans trying to fix with laws
- what we've lost the ability to fix with common sense.
-
- Mike
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